0 present participle of prevent --
1 to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: --
[ + -ing verb ] His disability prevents him (from) driving.
In the next stanza she takes on the persona of a victim who wakes up to find flood waters at her door, preventing her escape.
At surface level, the scene showed those in power, the staff in this case, preventing the young men from speaking up to outsiders.
A randomized trial of a group cognitive intervention for preventing depression in adolescent offspring of depressed parents.
All this occurred at the same time that the junta's military ' constituency ' was preventing a negotiated settlement of the 1982 crisis.
This study constitutes a promising strategy for preventing the microbial colonization of silicone rubber voice prostheses.
A pair of amendments in 1956 and 1962 authorized federal spending for social services aimed at strengthening families and preventing long-term reliance on public aid.
Second, what is the relative importance of demographic, ecological, and technological adjustments in preventing overshoot and collapse?
It is possible that the availability of an appropriate palliative care service assists in preventing a feeling of being overburdened.
