prev: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Suffixes of prev
- previous«Word Popularity Bar5/5
previous
- adjective satellite just preceding something else in time or order
old.
- the previous owner
- my old house was larger
- adjective satellite (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
late; former.
- the former president
- our late President is still very active
- the previous occupant of the White House
- adjective satellite just preceding something else in time or order
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prevent
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
keep.
- We must prevent the cancer from spreading
- His snoring kept me from falling asleep
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- previously5/5
previously
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
antecedently.
- she had previously lived in Chicago
- he was previously president of a bank
- better than anything previously proposed
- a previously unquestioned attitude
- antecedently arranged
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
- prevention5/5
prevention
- noun the act of preventing
bar.
- there was no bar against leaving
- money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
- noun the act of preventing
- prevented5/5
prevent
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
keep.
- We must prevent the cancer from spreading
- His snoring kept me from falling asleep
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- preventing5/5
prevent
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
keep.
- We must prevent the cancer from spreading
- His snoring kept me from falling asleep
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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prevalence
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
- noun (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- prevailing5/5
prevailing
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
rife; dominant; predominant; prevalent.
- prevailing winds
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; prevail; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
- prevents5/5
prevent
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
keep.
- We must prevent the cancer from spreading
- His snoring kept me from falling asleep
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- prevalent5/5
prevalent
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
rife; dominant; predominant; prevailing.
- prevailing winds
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
- prevailed4/5
prevail
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- verb be valid, applicable, or true
hold; obtain.
- This theory still holds
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
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preventive
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
preventative; prophylactic.
- the doctor recommended several preventatives
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; hinderance.
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- prevail4/5
prevail
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- verb be valid, applicable, or true
hold; obtain.
- This theory still holds
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- preview4/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- prevails4/5
prevail
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- verb be valid, applicable, or true
hold; obtain.
- This theory still holds
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- preventative3/5
preventative
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
preventive; prophylactic.
- the doctor recommended several preventatives
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; preventive; hinderance.
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- preventable3/5
preventable
- adjective capable of being prevented
- conscious of preventable human suffering"- A.L.Guerard
- adjective capable of being prevented
- previewing2/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- previews2/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- prevost2/5
- preverbal2/5
preverbal
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- previa2/5
previa
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- previewed2/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- prevarication2/5
prevarication
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
lie.
- noun intentionally vague or ambiguous
equivocation; evasiveness.
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- prevision2/5
prevision
- noun a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
- noun the power to foresee the future
prescience.
- noun a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
- prevertebral2/5
prevertebral
(Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.
- prevalences2/5
prevalence
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
- noun (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- prevaricate1/5
prevaricate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- preventer1/5
prevent
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
keep.
- We must prevent the cancer from spreading
- His snoring kept me from falling asleep
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- prevenient1/5
prevenient
- adjective satellite in anticipation
anticipatory.
- adjective satellite in anticipation
- prevaricated1/5
prevaricate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- prevalently1/5
prevalent
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
rife; dominant; predominant; prevailing.
- prevailing winds
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
- preventively1/5
preventive
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
preventative; prophylactic.
- the doctor recommended several preventatives
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; hinderance.
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- preventives1/5
preventive
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
preventative; prophylactic.
- the doctor recommended several preventatives
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; hinderance.
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- prevot1/5
prevot
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- prevaricating1/5
prevaricate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- prevarications1/5
prevarication
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
lie.
- noun intentionally vague or ambiguous
equivocation; evasiveness.
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- prevailingly1/5
prevailing
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
rife; dominant; predominant; prevalent.
- prevailing winds
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; prevail; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
- preventions1/5
prevention
- noun the act of preventing
bar.
- there was no bar against leaving
- money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
- noun the act of preventing
- prevacid1/5
prevacid
- noun antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
lansoprazole.
- noun antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
- previsions1/5
prevision
- noun a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
- noun the power to foresee the future
prescience.
- noun a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
- prevocational1/5
prevocational
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- preverb1/5
preverb
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- preventers1/5
preventer
One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. Obs. Bacon.
- prevocalic1/5
- preverbs1/5
- preventatives1/5
preventative
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
preventive; prophylactic.
- the doctor recommended several preventatives
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; preventive; hinderance.
- noun remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- preventability1/5
preventability
The quality or state of being preventable.
- prevaricator1/5
prevaricator
- noun a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
liar.
- noun a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- prevalency1/5
prevalency
See Prevalence .
- preventible1/5
preventible
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- preves1/5
- preve1/5
prove
- verb be shown or be found to be
turn up; turn out.
- She proved to be right
- The medicine turned out to save her life
- She turned up HIV positive
- verb establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
shew; demonstrate; show; establish.
- The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
- The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
- verb be shown or be found to be
- previable1/5
- prevoyance1/5
- prevue1/5
prevue
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
preview; trailer.
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- previewer1/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- previsional1/5
- prevaricates1/5
prevaricate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Derived words of prev
- chemoprevention«Word Popularity Bar2/5
- unpreventable1/5
unpreventable
- adjective not preventable
- unpreventable hysteria
- adjective not preventable
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `prev`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `prev`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `prev`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `prev`, some are not.
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