Definitions for prevention
prɪˈvɛn ʃənpre·ven·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevention, barnoun

   the act of preventing

   "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preventionnoun

   The act of going, or state of being, before.

   The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. --Bacon.

2. preventionnoun

   Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks ; hence, precaution; forethought. --Hammond. Shak.

3. preventionnoun

   The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. --South.

   Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. --Shakespeare.

4. Etymology: Compare prévention

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

1. Preventionnoun

   Etymology: prevention, Fr. from preventum; Lat.

   1. The act of going before.

   The greater the distance, the greater the prevention; as in thunder, where the lightning precedeth the crack a good space. Francis Bacon.

   No odds appear’d
   In might or swift prevention. John Milton.

   2. Preoccupation; anticipation.

   Atchievements, plots, orders, preventions,
   Success or loss. William Shakespeare.

   3. Hinderance; obstruction.

   Half way he met
   His daring foe, at this prevention more
   Incens’d. John Milton.

   Prevention of sin is one of the greatest mercies God can vouchsafe. Robert South, Sermons.

   4. Prejudice; prepossession. A French expression.

   In reading what I have written, let them bring no particular gusto or any prevention of mind, and that whatsoever judgment they make, it may be purely their own. Dryden.

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1. prevention

   Prevention refers to the action of stopping something from happening or arising. It involves taking anticipatory measures or steps to decrease the likelihood of a particular event, issue, or disease from occurring, often with the goal of promoting health and well-being. This can include education, medical intervention, policy changes, or other proactive strategies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Preventionnoun

   the act of going, or state of being, before

2. Preventionnoun

   anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought

3. Preventionnoun

   the act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting

4. Preventionnoun

   prejudice; prepossession

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. prvention.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevention

   Prevention is an American healthy lifestyle magazine, started in 1950, and published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The range of subjects includes food, nutrition, workouts, beauty, and cooking. It was founded by J. I. Rodale. It is led currently by Editorial Director Anne Alexander. Prevention is one of the largest magazines in the world, with a 2.8 million circulation, editions around the world, and over 10,000,000 readers a month. Prevention maintains a website at prevention.com.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevention

   1. The security procedures undertaken by the public and private sectors in order to discourage terrorist acts. 2. In space usage, measures to preclude an adversary

Matched Categories

1. • Hindrance

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prevention' in Nouns Frequency: #2260

Anagrams for prevention »

1. provenient

How to pronounce prevention?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prevention in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prevention in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of prevention in a Sentence

1. Denise Faustman:

   In the phase I( preliminary) trial we demonstrated a statistically significant response to BCG, but our goal in( this trial) is to create a lasting therapeutic response, we will be working again with people who have had type 1 diabetes for many years. This is not a prevention trial ; instead, we are trying to create a regimen that will treat even advanced disease.

2. Jose Biller:

   We are always talking about sickness and infirmity and we don't emphasize health, as a country we spend more on healthcare than anyone else but we don't pay attention to prevention. Many problems can be solved by very basic measures, and as this study shows, that includes taking care of the spirit.

3. World Bank:

   The FAM seeks to change this by moving towards famine prevention, preparedness and early action—interventions that can save more lives and reduce humanitarian costs by as much as 30 percent.

4. Joe Biden:

   To address inequities, we can ensure prevention, detection, treatment, reach patients in urban, rural, suburban and tribal communities, so they have equal access to cancer diagnostics, therapeutics, and clinical trials, as part of the supercharge moonshot, I'll use my authority as president to increase funding, to … break logjams, to speed breakthroughs.

5. Gopinath Parakuni:

   While compensation for victims became a priority after the disaster, the perennial problems of safety, health and prevention still need to be addressed, every factory is still a tinder box, and effective ways to ensure day-to-day safety are still not in place.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prevention
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prevention
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prevention
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prevention
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf