Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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prevent

/pɹɪˈvɛnt/ verb

Forms prevents preventing prevented prævent

  1. verb (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). “I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay.”
  2. verb (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
  3. verb (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
  4. verb (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
  5. verb (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Synonyms

throttle anticipate avert forestall foreclose preclude forbid keep

Antonyms

let

Etymology

From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“to anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“to come”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.]
  2. verb To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.]
  3. verb To come before the usual time. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See Come.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “prevent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “prevent” (best matches first).

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