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1 prevenire
domanda, desiderio anticipate( evitare) prevent* * *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 it2 ( 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 crime3 ( 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 authorities4 ( influenzare negativamente) to prejudice: lo avevano prevenuto contro di noi, he has been prejudiced against us.* * *[preve'nire]verbo transitivo1) (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]* * *prevenire/preve'nire/ [107]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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