megelőz

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Hungarian

Etymology

meg- +‎ előz

Pronunciation

Verb

megelőz

  1. (transitive) to outstrip, leave behind, overtake, outrun, outdistance
    Synonym: elkerül
  2. (transitive) to precede, surpass, excel (to be better or have a better position than)
    Synonym: felülmúl
  3. (transitive) to precede, come before (in order)
  4. (transitive) to beat someone to the punch (to do before somebody else)
  5. (transitive) to happen before, go before, to precede (in time)
    A hírünk megelőzött.Our reputation went before us.
  6. (transitive) to avert, prevent, ward off, stave off
    Synonyms: elkerül, megakadályoz, elejét veszi
    Megelőzte a betegséget.He/she prevented the illness.

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Further reading

  • megelőz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN