help, avoid, scoop, prevent, overtake, precede, preface, avert, overhaul, pass
Usage pattern:
megelőz vmit
Meaning
Prevent harm or trouble
Themes
prevention
|safety
|danger
|health
|core_vocabulary
|daily_life
Definition
To take action to stop something bad from happening to oneself or others.
Usage pattern:
megelőz valamit
Meaning
Prevent an event or outcome
Themes
prevention
|risk
|undesirable_events
|consequences
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To act in a way that stops something undesirable from happening.
Usage pattern:
megelőz vkit egy hírrel / egy hír közlésében
Meaning
get and publish news first
Themes
journalism
|news
|competition
|publishing
|media
|communication
|business
Definition
In journalism, to get and publish a news story before competing news organizations.
Usage pattern:
megelőz vmit
Meaning
Stop something from happening
Themes
prevention
|safety
|health
|risk_management
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To keep something from occurring, especially by taking action beforehand.
Usage pattern:
megelőz vkit/vmit
Meaning
pass a moving vehicle or person
Themes
traffic
|movement
|vehicles
|passing
|transportation
|travel
|daily_life
Definition
To catch up with and move in front of another person, vehicle, or object that is moving in the same direction.
Usage pattern:
megelőz vkit/vmit vmiben
Meaning
become greater than; surpass
Themes
comparison
|competition
|ranking
|business
|statistics
|core_vocabulary
|education
Definition
To become more successful, important, numerous, or advanced than someone or something else.
Usage pattern:
megelőz vmit; vmit megelőz
Meaning
Happen or come before
Themes
time
|sequence
|order
|events
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To occur, exist, or come before something else in time, position, or order.
Usage pattern:
valamit megelőz; valamit megelőzően
Meaning
come before something as preparation
Themes
time_sequence
|events
|preparation
|introduction
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To occur or be done before something else, especially as a kind of introduction or preparation for it.
Usage pattern:
megelőz vmit
Meaning
Prevent something bad from happening
Themes
prevention
|danger
|risk
|health
|conflict
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To stop something harmful, dangerous, or unwanted from happening or developing.
Usage pattern:
vkit/vmit megelőz
Meaning
catch up with and pass
Themes
competition
|movement
|passing
|sports
|transport
|transportation
Definition
To catch up with and move past someone or something that is ahead, especially in a race or competition.
Usage pattern:
megelőz valakit/valamit
Meaning
Move past something or someone
Themes
movement
|travel
|route
|passing_by
|space
|transportation
Definition
To move past or go by someone or something in the same place or direction.
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