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Prevented Uncommon

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

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Verb
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simple past tense and past participle of prevent

"The heavy rain prevented us from leaving the house."

In plain English: Prevented means to stop something from happening by getting in its way.

"The heavy rain prevented us from playing soccer in the park."

Example Sentences
"The heavy rain prevented us from playing soccer in the park." verb
"The heavy rain prevented us from having our picnic today." verb
"His bad knee prevented him from running in the race." verb
"She locked the door to prevent anyone from entering while she worked." verb
See Also
prevent bioexcluded stunted
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Rhyming Words
ted sted nted voted muted fated sated cited sited meted noted outed lated usted feted anted acted bited doted bated
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