Hyphenation of prevents

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prevents? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pre-vents

Definitions of prevents:

1.	Keep from happening or arising Make impossible My sense of tact forbids an honest answer Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
2.	Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state We must prevent the cancer from spreading His snoring kept me from falling asleep Keep the child from eating the marbles

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.