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— English words —

• prevent v. (Transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
• prevent v. (Intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
• prevent v. (Obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
• prevent v. (Obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
• prevent v. (Obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

— English word, defined in German —

• prevent V. Vorbeugen, verhindern.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• prevent w. Voorkómen.

— English words, defined in French —

• prevent v. Empêcher, faire que quelque chose n’arrive pas. Construction syntaxique : "empêcher (quelqu’un) de +…
• prevent v. (Désuet) (Archaïsme) Précéder.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• prevent v. Impedir.

25 English words from 5 English definitions

anticipate before beforehand come come␣before doing from Intransitive keep keep␣from measures now Obsolete outcome outdo precede preventative rare something stop surpass take To␣come transitive with

6 English words from 5 foreign definitions

arrive chose Construction faire pas que

11 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Archaïsme Désuet empêcher Impedir Précéder quelque quelque␣chose syntaxique verhindern Voorkómen Vorbeugen

46 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

prevents prevented preventer preventers preventest preventeth preventing prevention preventive preventory preventral preventable preventably preventible preventions preventives preventoria preventrals preventables preventative preventibles preventingly preventional preventively preventivist preventorial preventorium preventatives preventionism preventionist preventive␣war preventivists preventoriums preventability preventatively prevent␣defense preventionists preventiveness preventive␣wars preventricular preventableness preventabilities preventive␣service preventive␣services preventative␣medicine preventative␣medicines

35 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unprevented unpreventive impreventable nonprevention nonpreventive unpreventable unpreventably unpreventible antiprevention loss␣prevention nonpreventable renopreventive unpreventables angioprevention angiopreventive chemoprevention chemopreventive loss␣preventions nonpreventative pathopreventive photoprevention blowout␣preventer chemiopreventive chemopreventable chemopreventions chemopreventives immunoprevention immunopreventive unpreventability blowout␣preventers chemopreventative immunopreventable unpreventableness nanochemoprevention photochemopreventive

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ent ENT -ent ent- eve Eve EVE even Even even- event pre pre- prev preve rev Rev rev. Rev. ven ven- Ven. vent Vent

15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ERP eve Eve EVE ever neV Nev NEV Nev. neve Neve névé never ver ver.

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

prævent prevents

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

prevet repent terpen terven venter Venter Ventre Vernet

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

prebent precent present prevene prevert provent

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

prevet

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

prævent

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