Definitions For Prevent

verb

  • Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
  • Keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  • To stop (something) from happening or existing
  • To make (someone or something) not do something : to stop (someone or something) fromdoing something

Is Prevent a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Prevent is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Prevent in a Sentence

  • Seatbelts in cars often prevent serious injuries.
  • Can exercise and a healthy diet prevent heart disease?
  • The accident could have been prevented.

Synonyms for Prevent

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