preventable

pre·vent  (pr-vnt)

v. pre·vent·ed, pre·vent·ing, pre·vents

v.tr.

1. To keep from happening: took steps to prevent the strike.

2. To keep (someone) from doing something; impede: prevented us from winning.

3. Archaic To anticipate or counter in advance.

4. Archaic To come before; precede.

v.intr.

To present an obstacle: There will be a picnic if nothing prevents.

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[Middle English preventen, to anticipate, from Latin praevenre, praevent- : prae-, pre- + venre, to come; see g^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·venta·bili·ty, pre·venti·bili·ty n.

pre·venta·ble, pre·venti·ble adj.

pre·venter n.

Synonyms: prevent, preclude, avert, obviate, forestall
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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

preventable - capable of being prevented; "conscious of preventable human suffering"- A.L.Guerard unpreventable - not preventable; "unpreventable hysteria"

Translations

preventable [prɪˈvɛntəbl] adj → evitable

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preventable [prɪˈvɛntəbl] adj → évitable

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preventable [prɪˈvɛntəbl] prevent adj → verhütbar, vermeidbar

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preventable [prɪˈvɛntəbl] adj → evitabile