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Prevents | Prevent | Preventing | Prevented | Preventer | Preventers

Prevents meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of prevent

Using Prevents

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of prevent
  • In the example corpus, prevents often appears in combinations such as: that prevents, and prevents, prevents the.

Context around Prevents

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 15 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bag 1× salt 1× force 1× gravity 1× act 1× content 1× together 1× circle 1× kinda 1× diet 1×

Often after:

air 1× attackers 1× password 1× gravity 1× users 1× non 1× ukraine 1× stable 1× female 1× society 1×

Sentence patterns with Prevents

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a salt prevents attackers from 1× but it prevents the overwhelming 1× canadians act prevents non canadians 1× control both prevents the crop 1× disability that prevents them from 1× draw that prevents female to 1× gradient force prevents gravity from 1× heart episode prevents him from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a ban is 1× a federal judge 1× a high salt 1× a proper diet 1× a salt prevents 1× also the deepening 1×

Common sentence endings:

across all users 1× atmosphere into space 1× confrontation with imperialism 1× doing regular work 1× for two years 1× from prospering economically 1×

Words around Prevents

Just before it in the word index:

preventives 2 preventively 5 preventive 419 preventions 4 preventionist 4 prevention 2.860

Just after it in the word index:

preverb 2 preverbal 5 prevett 2 preveza 4 prevezon 2 previa 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aesthetic 996 assisting 996 identities 996 lecture 996 ambitions 995 ranch 995

Corpus analysis for Prevents

  • In this selection, "prevents" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bag, salt, force, air, attackers and password stand out and add context to how "prevents" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a salt prevents attackers from and but it prevents the overwhelming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prevents" sits close to words such as aesthetic, assisting and identities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prevents

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A strong military prevents wars. (5 words)

A proper diet prevents gastrointestinal symptoms and fatigue. (8 words)

And, oh, it kinda prevents society from collapsing on itself, too so yeah. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

White (2008). p 63, 66. For instance, the pressure-gradient force prevents gravity from collapsing Earth's atmosphere into a thin, dense shell, whereas gravity prevents the pressure gradient force from diffusing the atmosphere into space. (36 words)

Weed control both prevents the crop plants from being outcompeted by the weeds (for water and sunlight) and prevents the weeds from reaching their seed stage, thus reducing future weed population aggressiveness. (32 words)

A federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. (31 words)

Question examples

And is it just the luck of the draw that prevents female-to-male transitioners from enjoying similar success in men’s sports? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

The zip lock bag prevents the ornaments from getting scratched during storage and prevents air oxidation of the metal ornaments.

A salt prevents attackers from easily building a list of hash values for common passwords and prevents password cracking efforts from scaling across all users.

Weed control both prevents the crop plants from being outcompeted by the weeds (for water and sunlight) and prevents the weeds from reaching their seed stage, thus reducing future weed population aggressiveness.

White (2008). p 63, 66. For instance, the pressure-gradient force prevents gravity from collapsing Earth's atmosphere into a thin, dense shell, whereas gravity prevents the pressure gradient force from diffusing the atmosphere into space.

A ban is an automatic IP-based restriction that prevents users with that particular IP address from joining the server.

According to the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act prevents non-Canadians from buying residential properties for two years.

A federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

A high salt content prevents any significant vegetation from growing on the playa surface.

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All of this together prevents Ukraine from easily explaining to the world its confrontation with imperialism.

Also, the deepening partisan divide in the US political circle prevents stable policies from being implemented in critical areas of global public interest.

And is it just the luck of the draw that prevents female-to-male transitioners from enjoying similar success in men’s sports?

And, oh, it kinda prevents society from collapsing on itself, too so yeah.

And they must have a severe and prolonged disability that prevents them from doing regular work.

Any state’s monopolization of the economy may benefit the people on top, but it prevents the overwhelming majority of the population from prospering economically.

Any vehicles left parked on the road that prevents the work from taking place, face the risk of being removed.

A proper diet prevents gastrointestinal symptoms and fatigue.

A strong military prevents wars.

At the same time, the law prevents districts from taking action against staff who intentionally misgender students.

Austria says its neutrality prevents it from military involvement in the conflict and while it supports Ukraine politically it cannot send the country weapons in its fight against the Russian invasion.

Crazier things have happened, but Triple H seemed pretty adamant that his recently-revealed heart episode prevents him from ever returning to the ring.

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Common combinations with prevents

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prevents" in a sentence?
An example: "The zip lock bag prevents the ornaments from getting scratched during storage and prevents air oxidation of the metal ornaments." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "prevents" from authentic English texts.
What does "prevents" mean?
Prevents means: third-person singular simple present indicative of prevent
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