prevention
nounEtymology
From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō.
- derived from prēventiō
- inherited from prevencion
Definitions
The act of preventing or hindering
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
- a fire prevention campaign
- Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.
- But no Man Pities another for any Evil lying upon Him, which he would not help, but which he could not. One is his Burden, the other his Choice; Vertually at least, since he might have Chosen its Prevention.
Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns,…
Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
- Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.
The act of going, or state of being, before.
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Anticipation
Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
- [Suffolk, York and Beaufort] Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings, And, fly thou how thou canst, they’ll tangle thee: But fear not thou, until thy foot be snared, Nor never seek prevention of thy foes.
precaution
precaution; forethought.
The neighborhood
Derived
angioprevention, an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, antiprevention, chemoprevention, immunoprevention, loss prevention, nonprevention, photoprevention, prevenception, preventional, prevention is better than cure, preventionism, preventionist
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for prevention. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA