mencegahBahasa Indonesia

keep, avert, debar, deter, forbid

Very common #802 of the corpus · 158.7 per million words · 677,658 occurrences

From cegah (meN-) · less common, #12,575

Verb

14 more verb senses

Turn away from by persuasion

English: dissuade, deter

Bahasa: menghalangi, halang, menjerakan

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Make impossible, especially beforehand

English: preclude, rule out, close out

Bahasa: menolak, menahan, menghindar, menghalang

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Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

English: ban

Bahasa: melarang, mengharamkan, menegah

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Turn away or aside

English: avert, turn away

Bahasa: menjauhkan, mengelak, mengalih

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Adjective

Taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure

English: precautionary, precautional

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Word family of cegah

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