Definition of preventibility - 1 dictionary result
pre·vent (prĭ-věnt') v.
pre·vent·ed, pre·vent·ing, pre·vents
v.
tr.
To keep from happening: took steps to prevent the strike.
To keep (someone) from doing something; impede: prevented us from winning.
Archaic To anticipate or counter in advance.
Archaic To come before; precede.
v.
intr. To present an obstacle: There will be a picnic if nothing prevents.
[Middle English preventen, to anticipate, from Latin praevenīre, praevent- : prae-, pre- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.] pre·vent'a·bil'i·ty, pre·vent'i·bil'i·ty n., pre·vent'a·ble, pre·vent'i·ble adj., pre·vent'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to stop or hinder something from happening, especially by advance planning or action. Prevent implies anticipatory counteraction: "The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it" (John Randolph). To preclude is to exclude the possibility of an event or action: "a tranquillity which . . . his wife's presence would have precluded" (John Henry Newman). To avert is to ward off something about to happen: The pilot's quick thinking averted an accident. Obviate implies that something, such as a difficulty, has been anticipated and disposed of effectively: "the objections . . . having . . . been obviated in the preceding chapter" (Joseph Butler). Forestall usually suggests anticipatory measures taken to counteract, neutralize, or nullify the effects of something: We installed an alarm system to forestall break-ins.
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