preclude

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. keep from happening or arising;
make impossible (Freq. 2)
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
• Syn:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, forbid
• Derivationally related forms:
preclusion, forestalling (for: forestall), preventive (for: prevent), preventative (for: prevent)
• Hyponyms:
save, make unnecessary, debar, forefend, forfend,
obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off,
avoid, ward off, obstruct, blockade, block, hinder,
stymie, stymy, embarrass, thwart, queer, spoil,
scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk,
stop, halt, kibosh
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make impossible, especially beforehand
• Syn:
rule out, close out
• Derivationally related forms:
preclusive
• Hypernyms:
obviate, rid of, eliminate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rule out, close out, prevent, forestall, foreclose, forbid