No. 1,810 in French
empêcher
To prevent or stop.
In a sentence
Je vais empêcher le bruit de déranger la réunion.
I will prevent the noise from disturbing the meeting.
In this sentence, 'empêcher' is used to signify 'to prevent,' showing how one intends to stop something from occurring to ensure a disruption is avoided.
Est-ce qu'on peut empêcher cette faute de se reproduire à l'avenir ?
Can we prevent this mistake from happening again in the future?
Here, 'empêcher' expresses 'to prevent,' emphasizing taking measures to ensure an unfavorable event does not occur again.
Il est inutile d'essayer de m'empêcher de réussir.
It's useless to try to stop me from succeeding.
'Empêcher' is used in this sentence to mean 'to stop,' illustrating someone's effort to hinder another person's success.
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