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type | v |
lex_filenum | 41 |
def | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
examples | We must prevent the cancer from spreading His snoring kept me from falling asleep Keep the child from eating the marbles |
Frame - 20 | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Frame - 21 | Somebody ----s something PP |
Outgoing links | |
Verb Group | keep |
Derivationally related form | prevent → preventive; prevent → prevention |
Derivationally related form | prevent → preventative |
Antonym | prevent → let |
Hyponym | defend; exclude, keep out, shut out, shut; hold; keep away; blank; impede, hinder; rain out, wash out |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | preventative → prevent |
Derivationally related form | preventive → prevent; prevention → prevent |
Hypernym | defend; exclude, keep out, shut out, shut; hold; keep away; blank; impede, hinder; rain out, wash out |
Verb Group | keep |
Antonym | let → prevent |
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