Prevent implies taking advance measures against something possible or probable To prevent the sending of a message. Anticipate may imply merely getting ahead of another by being a precursor or forerunner or it may imply checking another's intention by acting first.
Period Leakage
To stop something from happening or someone from doing something
Definition of prevent verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible To prevent the sending of a message To hamper is to clog or entangle or put an embarrassing restraint upon
To hamper preparations for a trip. To keep from (doing something) [from 16th c.] synonyms quotations synonyms Throttle, anticipate i brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay.
Prevent, hamper, hinder, impede refer to different degrees of stoppage of action or progress
