Synonyms: forestall, obviate
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) prevent | (I) prevented |
| (thou) preventest | (thou) preventedst |
| (he) prevents, preventeth | (he) prevented |
| (we) prevent | (we) prevented |
| (you) prevent | (you) prevented |
| (they) prevent | (they) prevented |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) prevent | (I) prevented |
| (thou) prevent | (thou) prevented |
| (he) prevent | (he) prevented |
| (we) prevent | (we) prevented |
| (you) prevent | (you) prevented |
| (they) prevent | (they) prevented |
| Imperative mood | |
| prevent | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| preventing | prevented |
| Afrikaans | verhoed |
|---|---|
| Dutch | voorkómen; verhoeden |
| Esperanto | preventi; antaŭhaltigi; averti |
| French | empêcher; prévenir |
| German | vorbeugen; verhüten |
| Latin | antevenire; antevertere; prohibere |
| Papiamento | prevení |
| Spanish | prevenir |
| West Frisian | foarkomme |