Name: Prevent vs Avoid: English In A Minute
Uploaded: 2018-11-20T10:39:40.000Z
Duration: 57 s
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Hi guys! Dan for BBC Learning English here.

This time we're looking at the difference between 'prevent' and 'avoid'.

If you prevent something, you stop it from happening - often before it starts.

You can prevent something, prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something.

For example: The arrival of the police prevented crime.

Or: Losing my passport prevented me from flying.

Or: I prevented her from slapping me! Wow!

If you avoid something, you try to make it miss you.

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Prevent vs Avoid: English In A Minute

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