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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How to say preventive in sign language?

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. Deborah Espinal:

   We see many patients in transition that have a need for preventive services that cross genders, and we work to ensure that KP is both socially and medically sensitive to our transgender members before, during and after their transition.

2. 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.

3. Christopher Escobar:

   We don't feel it's safe enough for our staff or our customers to just open up for regular business, even with sort of preventive measures.

4. Ricardo Garcia:

   The final product consumers eat has no antibiotics, this is only something given to sick fish so they don't die. It's not something preventive.

5. The Academy:

   As a direct result of one of their studies, more than five million Indian children have benefited from effective programs of remedial tutoring in school, another example is the heavy subsidies for preventive healthcare that have been introduced in many countries.

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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