prevent

hana

Pronunciation

• enPR: /prə-věnt'/
• IPA: /prəˈvɛnt/
• SAMPA: /pr@"vEnt/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) prevent

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) prevents

Past tense (ya wuce) prevented

Past participle (ya wuce) prevented

Present participle (ana cikin yi) preventing

1. (transitive & intransitive) When you prevent something, you stop it from happening. <> hana, kare.

   the wind prevented us from going out <> iskā̀ tā hanā̀ mu fìtā

   To prevent accidents, you must do everything with care.

   No one can prevent us from going.

Related words

• prevention
• preventive