prevenire

domanda, desiderio anticipate

(evitare) prevent

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prevenire v.tr.

1 (precedere) to precede, to arrive before; (anticipare) to forestall, to anticipate: prevenire una domanda, to anticipate a request; prevenire un'obiezione, to forestall an objection; quando arrivò si accorse di essere stato prevenuto, when he arrived, he realized that someone had got there before him; stavo per telefonarti, ma mi hai prevenuto, I was going to call you, but you beat me to it

2 (prendere misure cautelative) to prevent, to forestall, to ward off, to avert: prevenire una guerra, un pericolo, to prevent a war, a danger; prevenire una malattia, to prevent an illness; prevenire il contagio, to take preventative measures against infection; prevenire la commissione di un reato, to prevent the committing of a crime

3 (avvertire prima) to inform, to (fore)warn, to notify: vi prevengo che non potrete entrare, I warn you that you won't be able to go in; avreste dovuto prevenirmi, you ought to have warned me (o you ought to have let me know); non ho fatto in tempo a prevenirlo, I was not in time to (fore)warn him; prevenire le autorità, to give notice to (o to notify) the authorities

4 (influenzare negativamente) to prejudice: lo avevano prevenuto contro di noi, he has been prejudiced against us.

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[preve'nire]

verbo transitivo

1) (anticipare) to anticipate, to forestall [evento, desiderio, gesto, persona]; to head off [domanda]

2) (preavvertire) to warn [popolazione]

3) (evitare) to prevent [malattia, carie]; to avert [crisi, critica, disastro]

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prevenire

/preve'nire/ [107]

verbo transitivo

 1 (anticipare) to anticipate, to forestall [evento, desiderio, gesto, persona]; to head off [domanda]

 2 (preavvertire) to warn [popolazione]

 3 (evitare) to prevent [malattia, carie]; to avert [crisi, critica, disastro].