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forestall meaning in Urdu

مزاحم ہونا

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/

forestall in Urdu: مزاحم ہونا, پیش دستی کرنا, روکنا. In English, forestall means to prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

Urdu words for forestall

مزاحم ہونا, پیش دستی کرنا, روکنا

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of forestall in Urdu?
Forestall in Urdu is مزاحم ہونا, پیش دستی کرنا, روکنا.
forestall کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Forestall: مزاحم ہونا, پیش دستی کرنا, روکنا.
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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Urdu words from Urdu 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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