Definitions For Preventing

verb

  • To stop (something) from happening or existing
  • To make (someone or something) not do something : to stop (someone or something) fromdoing something

Is Preventing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
21

The word Preventing is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Preventing in a Sentence

  • Seatbelts in cars often prevent serious injuries.
  • Can exercise and a healthy diet prevent heart disease?
  • The accident could have been prevented.

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