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forestall meaning in Kannada

ಮುಂತಡೆಯೊಡ್ಡು

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/

forestall in Kannada: ಮುಂತಡೆಯೊಡ್ಡು, ಮುಂಗೆಯ್ಯು, ಭಗ್ನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರವೃತ್ತನಾಗು. In English, forestall means to prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

Kannada words for forestall

ಮುಂತಡೆಯೊಡ್ಡು, ಮುಂಗೆಯ್ಯು, ಭಗ್ನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರವೃತ್ತನಾಗು, ಮೊದಲೇ ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸು

English meaning of forestall

  1. verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
  2. verb To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
  3. verb To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
  4. verb To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.

Full definition of forestall

forestall in a sentence

  • Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
  • In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.

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Questions about forestall in Kannada

What is the meaning of forestall in Kannada?
Forestall in Kannada is ಮುಂತಡೆಯೊಡ್ಡು, ಮುಂಗೆಯ್ಯು, ಭಗ್ನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರವೃತ್ತನಾಗು.
forestall ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Forestall: ಮುಂತಡೆಯೊಡ್ಡು, ಮುಂಗೆಯ್ಯು, ಭಗ್ನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಪ್ರವೃತ್ತನಾಗು.
What does forestall mean in English?
Forestall means to prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: forestall (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: forestall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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