Definitions for Preventive
prɪˈvɛn tɪv; -tə tɪvpre·ven·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preventive, preventative, prophylacticnoun

   remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

   "the doctor recommended several preventatives"

2. hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interferencenoun

   any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

3. contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control deviceadjective

   an agent or device intended to prevent conception

4. preventive, preventative, prophylacticadjective

   preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

   "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"

5. preventive, preventativeadjective

   tending to prevent or hinder

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preventivenoun

   A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.

2. preventivenoun

   A thing that slows the development of an illness.

3. preventivenoun

   A contraceptive, especially a condom.

4. preventiveadjective

   Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.

5. preventiveadjective

   Carried out to deter military aggression.

6. preventiveadjective

   Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preventiveadjective

   Etymology: from prevent.

   1. Tending to hinder.

   Wars preventive upon just fears are true defensives, as well as upon actual invasions. Francis Bacon.

   2. Preservative; hindering ill. It has of before the thing prevented.

   Physick is curative or preventive of diseases; preventive is that which, by purging noxious humours, preventeth sickness. Brown.

   Procuring a due degree of sweat and perspiration, is the best preventive of the gout. Arbuthnot.

2. Preventivenoun

   A preservative; that which prevents; an antidote.

   Etymology: from prevent.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preventive

   Preventive refers to something that is designed to stop something undesirable, such as illness, disease, or a particular course of action, from happening. This could involve measures or actions taken in advance to keep a negative event from occurring or to reduce its impact. Preventive can be applied to various contexts, including, but not limited to, medicine, law enforcement, and maintenance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preventiveadjective

   going before; preceding

2. Preventiveadjective

   tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease

3. Preventivenoun

   that which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. prventif.]

How to pronounce Preventive?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Preventive in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Preventive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Preventive in a Sentence

1. Landon King:

   In fact, we have determined that there is actually no risk, meaning zero risk, to anybody involved, so there is no preventive measure or testing that's required for anyone in the buildings or on the campus as a result of this event.

2. Lauren Kotwicki:

   The final rules for preventive controls were issued earlier this year, and final rules for produce and imported foods will become public in coming weeks. This will require that food companies identify potential hazards that could cause illnesses and take steps to mitigate or prevent those hazards from occurring.

3. President Moon Jae-in:

   Citizens suffered from the coronavirus and they all deserve to be rewarded for their pain and participation in preventive efforts, there is a need for the government to reserve as much financial power to brace for an economic shock with no end in sight and promptly respond to labour market insecurity and any potential corporate liquidity crisis.

4. Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   The Plan of Action suggests early engagement and combining counter-extremism actions with preventive measures, the Plan of Action is precisely what Xinjiang has been doing. Visible progress has been made : There has not been a single case of violent terrorism in the past three years.

5. John Gore:

   I do not think we need to tell men `if you don’t use it, you lose it,’ if lower ejaculation frequency prompts a man to schedule a visit with a primary care provider or specialist, and that visit serves to examine and promote preventive care and wellness, then that would be a successful application of the results of this study.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Preventive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Preventive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Preventive
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Preventive