forestall
To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measuresTo prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
» Our aim is to forestall all those risks.
Наша цель - предупредить все эти риски.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
verhindern, unterbinden
предотвраща́тьpredotvraščátʹ
(transitive)To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
zuvorkommen, vorwegnehmen
предвосхища́тьpredvosxiščátʹ, предваря́тьpredvarjátʹ
To deprive (with of).
(UK)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.
(archaic)To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
Examples
4 sentencesOur aim is to forestall all those risks.
ruНаша цель - предупредить все эти риски.
Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.
He forestalled everybody in accomplishing.
This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestaFrom 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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Forms
forestalls, forestalling, forestalled, forestalled| Base form | forestall · to forestall |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | forestalls |
| Present participle | forestalling |
| Past simple | forestalled |
| Past participle | forestalled |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
7 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle