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precaution

noun
/pɹiːˈkɔːʃən//pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/UK/pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.

  1. derived from praecautio
  2. derived from précaution

Definitions

  1. Previous caution or care

    Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.

    • his life was saved by precaution
    • July 2, 1826, John Henry Newman, The Philosophical Temper, First Enjoined by the Gospel The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution.

  2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success

    A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.

    • to take precautions against risks of accident
    • Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.

  3. To warn or caution beforehand.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To take precaution against.

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Derived

overprecaution, precautional, precautionary, unprecautioned

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA