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Detailed Synonyms for forestall in English

forestall:

forestall

  1. forestall
  2. forestall

to forestall verbe (forestalls, forestalled, forestalling)

  1. to forestall
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    to prevent; to preclude; to forbid; to forestall; foreclose
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verbe (prevents, prevented, preventing)
    • preclude verbe (precludes, precluded, precluding)
      • Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project1
    • forbid verbe (forbids, forbade, forbidding)
      • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer1
    • forestall verbe (forestalls, forestalled, forestalling)
    • foreclose verbe
  2. to forestall
    – act in advance of; deal with ahead of time 1
    to counter; to anticipate; to foresee; to forestall
    – act in advance of; deal with ahead of time 1
    • counter verbe (counters, countered, countering)
    • anticipate verbe (anticipates, anticipated, anticipating)
    • foresee verbe (foresees, foresaw, foreseeing)
    • forestall verbe (forestalls, forestalled, forestalling)

Conjugations for forestall:

present
  1. forestall
  2. forestall
  3. forestalls
  4. forestall
  5. forestall
  6. forestall
simple past
  1. forestalled
  2. forestalled
  3. forestalled
  4. forestalled
  5. forestalled
  6. forestalled
present perfect
  1. have forestalled
  2. have forestalled
  3. has forestalled
  4. have forestalled
  5. have forestalled
  6. have forestalled
past continuous
  1. was forestalling
  2. were forestalling
  3. was forestalling
  4. were forestalling
  5. were forestalling
  6. were forestalling
future
  1. shall forestall
  2. will forestall
  3. will forestall
  4. shall forestall
  5. will forestall
  6. will forestall
continuous present
  1. am forestalling
  2. are forestalling
  3. is forestalling
  4. are forestalling
  5. are forestalling
  6. are forestalling
subjunctive
  1. be forestalled
  2. be forestalled
  3. be forestalled
  4. be forestalled
  5. be forestalled
  6. be forestalled
diverse
  1. forestall!
  2. let's forestall!
  3. forestalled
  4. forestalling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "forestall":


Related Definitions for "forestall":

  1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible1
  2. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time1