Canadian English Meaning of preventing

preventing

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Definitions and Meaning of preventing in English

preventing

to meet or satisfy in advance, to go or arrive before, to keep from happening, to interpose an obstacle, to keep from happening or existing, to act ahead of, to be in readiness for (something, such as an occasion), to deprive of power or hope of acting or succeeding, to hold or keep back

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preventing

to meet or satisfy in advance, to go or arrive before, to keep from happening, to interpose an obstacle, to keep from happening or existing, to act ahead of, to

averting,avoiding,precluding,anticipating,deterring,escaping,forestalling,helping,obviating,heading off

abetting,helping,assisting,facilitating,advancing,allowing,easing,encouraging,forwarding,fostering

preventible => preventable, prevented => prevented, preventability => preventability, prevarications => evasions, prevaricating => prevaricating,