precautionary
adjEtymology
From precaution + -ary.
Definitions
Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
- The port cities were quarantined as a precautionary measure, though no cases of the disease had been found.
- Fearing attack on the northern ports by the English, he even took precautionary measures by strengthening the defense of Shan-hai-kuan 山海關 and Ch‘in-huang-tao 秦皇島.
- Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, issued a statement in support of the raids and signed a proclamation Friday to activate the National Guard as a precautionary measure “in anticipation of anti-ICE protests” this weekend.
A precaution.
- Thou seest, Belford, by the above precautionaries, that I forget nothing.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA