Значение

значений: 6
  1. (переходный)To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

    Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.

    verhindern, unterbinden

    предотвраща́тьpredotvraščátʹ

  2. (переходный)To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.

    In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.

    keep from happening or arising; make impossible

  3. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.

    zuvorkommen, vorwegnehmen

    предвосхища́тьpredvosxiščátʹ, предваря́тьpredvarjátʹ

  4. To deprive (with of).

  5. (Британия)To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

  6. (архаичное)To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.

Примеры

предложений: 4
  1. Our aim is to forestall all those risks.

    Наша цель - предупредить все эти риски. — marafon

  2. Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.

  3. He forestalled everybody in accomplishing.

  4. This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.

Переводы

языков: 6
Русский
По значениям 2
to prevent:
to anticipate:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
to prevent:
to anticipate:

Происхождение

From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from foresta

From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”), from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”), equivalent to fore- + stall.

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Формы

forestalls, forestalling, forestalled, forestalled
Базовая формаforestall · to forestall
3-е лицо ед. числаforestalls
Причастие настоящего времениforestalling
Прошедшее времяforestalled
Причастие прошедшего времениforestalled

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theyforestall
he, she, itforestalls

Past simpleУрок

все лицаforestalled

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave forestalled
he, she, ithas forestalled

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill forestall

Синонимы

синонимов: 7
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 6

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