{
    "term": "prevent",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "prevent",
            "heSheIt": "prevents"
        },
        "pastSimple": "prevented",
        "pastParticiple": "prevented",
        "ingForm": "preventing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening",
            "sensetop": "prevent something/somebodyprevent somebody/something from doing somethingprevent somebody/something doing something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The accident could have been prevented.",
                    "contextForm": "prevent something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maddie would have joined the army if an injury had not prevented her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government took steps to prevent a scandal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is prevented by law from holding a licence.",
                    "contextForm": "prevent somebody/something from doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nothing would prevent him speaking out against injustice.",
                    "contextForm": "prevent somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A good sunscreen will help prevent sunburn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These strategies are aimed at preventing crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Action must be swift in order to prevent further damage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby preventing their spread."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Better intelligence could have possibly prevented the attack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one can prevent you from attending this meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They took action to prevent the disease from spreading."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These barriers completely prevent new companies from entering the market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was nothing to prevent him setting up in business on the premises."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "reliably", "successfully"],
                "verb + prevent": ["be able to", "be unable to", "can"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "aimed at preventing something",
                    "action to prevent something",
                    "measures to prevent something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈvent/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/prevent__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈvents/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/prevents__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/prevented__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/preventing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈvent/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/prevent__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈvents/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/prevents__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/prevented__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prevent/preventing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘act in anticipation of’): from Latin praevent- ‘preceded, hindered’, from the verb praevenire, from prae ‘before’ + venire ‘come’."
}