Collocations for prevent - verb
ADVERB
effectively
This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading.
This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading.
reliably,
successfully
a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries
a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries
possibly,
potentially
Better intelligence could have possibly prevented the attack.
Better intelligence could have possibly prevented the attack.
completely
These barriers completely prevent new companies from entering the market.
These barriers completely prevent new companies from entering the market.
forcibly,
physically
thereby
The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby preventing their spread.
thereby
The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby preventing their spread.
VERB + prevent
be able to,
be unable to,
can
No one can prevent you from attending this meeting.
No one can prevent you from attending this meeting.
attempt to,
seek to,
take action to,
take steps to,
try to
help (to)
A good sunscreen will help prevent sunburn.
help (to)
A good sunscreen will help prevent sunburn.
be designed to
be nothing to, do nothing to
There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea.
The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it.
be nothing to, do nothing to
There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea.
The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it.
PHRASES
aimed at preventing sth
new measures aimed at preventing accidents
new measures aimed at preventing accidents
action to prevent sth,
measures to prevent sth
an attempt to prevent sth
in order to prevent sth
Action must be swift in order to prevent further damage.
an attempt to prevent sth
in order to prevent sth
Action must be swift in order to prevent further damage.
Prevent is used with these nouns as the subject:
cordon, injunction, injury, restriction, rule, vaccine, weather
cordon, injunction, injury, restriction, rule, vaccine, weather
Prevent is used with these nouns as the object:
abuse, access, accident, accumulation, act, allergy, anarchy, attack, bias, blockage, bloodshed, boredom, breach, breakdown, build-up, cancer, casualty, cataract, catastrophe, change, closure, clot, collapse, collision, communication, competition, completion, complication, conception, conflict, confusion, constipation, contact, contamination, corrosion, corruption, cramp, crash, creation, crime, crisis, damage, death, decay, decline, defect, dehydration, delay, demolition, depletion, depression, destruction, deterioration, development, disability, disaster, disease, disorder, dispute, disruption, disturbance, draught, duplication, embarrassment, emergence, entry, erosion, error, escalation, escape, establishment, expansion, exploitation, explosion, export, extinction, failure, fall, famine, fatigue, fire, fit, formation, friction, harm, HIV, illness, immigration, import, incident, inclusion, infection, infiltration, influenza, influx, injury, interference, irritation, killing, leak, loss, malaria, migraine, mishap, misunderstanding, misuse, movement, occurrence, onset, outbreak, passage, penetration, pollution, practice, pregnancy, problem, progression, recession, recurrence, relapse, release, removal, repetition, sale, scandal, sickness, slaughter, slide, spread, stagnation, starvation, strike, suicide, swelling, terrorism, tragedy, transmission, vandalism, violation, war, wastage, wear, wrinkle
abuse, access, accident, accumulation, act, allergy, anarchy, attack, bias, blockage, bloodshed, boredom, breach, breakdown, build-up, cancer, casualty, cataract, catastrophe, change, closure, clot, collapse, collision, communication, competition, completion, complication, conception, conflict, confusion, constipation, contact, contamination, corrosion, corruption, cramp, crash, creation, crime, crisis, damage, death, decay, decline, defect, dehydration, delay, demolition, depletion, depression, destruction, deterioration, development, disability, disaster, disease, disorder, dispute, disruption, disturbance, draught, duplication, embarrassment, emergence, entry, erosion, error, escalation, escape, establishment, expansion, exploitation, explosion, export, extinction, failure, fall, famine, fatigue, fire, fit, formation, friction, harm, HIV, illness, immigration, import, incident, inclusion, infection, infiltration, influenza, influx, injury, interference, irritation, killing, leak, loss, malaria, migraine, mishap, misunderstanding, misuse, movement, occurrence, onset, outbreak, passage, penetration, pollution, practice, pregnancy, problem, progression, recession, recurrence, relapse, release, removal, repetition, sale, scandal, sickness, slaughter, slide, spread, stagnation, starvation, strike, suicide, swelling, terrorism, tragedy, transmission, vandalism, violation, war, wastage, wear, wrinkle