To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
Infinitiveprevent
Past simpleprevented
Past participleprevented
-ing formpreventing
Full conjugation of the English verb to prevent (past simple prevented,
past participle prevented):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
prevent
you
prevent
he/she/it
prevents
we
prevent
you
prevent
they
prevent
Present continuous
I
am preventing
you
are preventing
he/she/it
is preventing
we
are preventing
you
are preventing
they
are preventing
Present perfect
I
have prevented
you
have prevented
he/she/it
has prevented
we
have prevented
you
have prevented
they
have prevented
Present perfect continuous
I
have been preventing
you
have been preventing
he/she/it
has been preventing
we
have been preventing
you
have been preventing
they
have been preventing
Past simple
I
prevented
you
prevented
he/she/it
prevented
we
prevented
you
prevented
they
prevented
Past continuous
I
was preventing
you
were preventing
he/she/it
was preventing
we
were preventing
you
were preventing
they
were preventing
Past perfect
I
had prevented
you
had prevented
he/she/it
had prevented
we
had prevented
you
had prevented
they
had prevented
Past perfect continuous
I
had been preventing
you
had been preventing
he/she/it
had been preventing
we
had been preventing
you
had been preventing
they
had been preventing
Future simple
I
will prevent
you
will prevent
he/she/it
will prevent
we
will prevent
you
will prevent
they
will prevent
Future continuous
I
will be preventing
you
will be preventing
he/she/it
will be preventing
we
will be preventing
you
will be preventing
they
will be preventing
Future perfect
I
will have prevented
you
will have prevented
he/she/it
will have prevented
we
will have prevented
you
will have prevented
they
will have prevented
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been preventing
you
will have been preventing
he/she/it
will have been preventing
we
will have been preventing
you
will have been preventing
they
will have been preventing
Conditional
Present
I
would prevent
you
would prevent
he/she/it
would prevent
we
would prevent
you
would prevent
they
would prevent
Present continuous
I
would be preventing
you
would be preventing
he/she/it
would be preventing
we
would be preventing
you
would be preventing
they
would be preventing
Perfect
I
would have prevented
you
would have prevented
he/she/it
would have prevented
we
would have prevented
you
would have prevented
they
would have prevented
Perfect continuous
I
would have been preventing
you
would have been preventing
he/she/it
would have been preventing
we
would have been preventing
you
would have been preventing
they
would have been preventing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
prevent
that you
prevent
that he/she/it
prevent
that we
prevent
that you
prevent
that they
prevent
Past
if I
prevented
if you
prevented
if he/she/it
prevented
if we
prevented
if you
prevented
if they
prevented
Imperative
Affirmative
you
prevent
we
let's prevent
Negative
you
don't prevent
we
let's not prevent
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to prevent
Perfect infinitive
to have prevented
Present participle / gerund
preventing
Past participle
prevented
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