Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prevene
Participle: prevened
Gerund: prevening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prevene |
| you | prevene |
| he;she;it | prevenes |
| we | prevene |
| you | prevene |
| they | prevene |
Perfect
| I | have prevened |
| you | have prevened |
| he;she;it | has prevened |
| we | have prevened |
| you | have prevened |
| they | have prevened |
Past
| I | prevened |
| you | prevened |
| he;she;it | prevened |
| we | prevened |
| you | prevened |
| they | prevened |
Pluperfect
| I | had prevened |
| you | had prevened |
| he;she;it | had prevened |
| we | had prevened |
| you | had prevened |
| they | had prevened |
Future
| I | will prevene |
| you | will prevene |
| he;she;it | will prevene |
| we | will prevene |
| you | will prevene |
| they | will prevene |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prevened |
| you | will have prevened |
| he;she;it | will have prevened |
| we | will have prevened |
| you | will have prevened |
| they | will have prevened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prevene |
| you | prevene |
| he;she;it | prevene |
| we | prevene |
| you | prevene |
| they | prevene |
Perfect
| I | have prevened |
| you | have prevened |
| he;she;it | have prevened |
| we | have prevened |
| you | have prevened |
| they | have prevened |
Imperfect
| I | prevened |
| you | prevened |
| he;she;it | prevened |
| we | prevened |
| you | prevened |
| they | prevened |
Pluperfect
| I | had prevened |
| you | had prevened |
| he;she;it | had prevened |
| we | had prevened |
| you | had prevened |
| they | had prevened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prevene |
| you | would prevene |
| he;she;it | would prevene |
| we | would prevene |
| you | would prevene |
| they | would prevene |
Perfect
| I | would have prevened |
| you | would have prevened |
| he;she;it | would have prevened |
| we | would have prevened |
| you | would have prevened |
| they | would have prevened |
Imperative
| you | prevene |
| we | Let's prevene |
| you | prevene |
Verbs conjugated like 'prevene'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prevene'
prevent,
evene,
prævent,
precede,
preen,
preeve,
prefine,
prehend,
premine,
prepend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, obstruct, overslaugh, prevent, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French prévenir, Latin praevenire. See prevent. See: French '
prévenir', Latin '
praevenire'.
Sample Sentences
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If Thy indulgent Care / Had not preven'd, among unbody'd Shades / I now had wander'd [1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 43:]