preventing

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preventing

/pɹɪˈvɛntɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛntɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of prevent

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Closest in meaning: forestall, preclude, forbid, keep, foreclose, against, alerting, avert, averting, avoid, avoidance, avoided, avoiding, ban, banned, banning

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@misc{preventing_2026,
  title = {preventing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preventing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}