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.]

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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

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Anagrams for PREVENTION »

1. provenient

How to pronounce PREVENTION?

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How to say PREVENTION in sign language?

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. Peter Daszak:

   We found 50 new pathogens related to SARS alone during the course of our research, it would make sense to focus our prevention efforts on these high-risk viruses.

2. Keiji Fukuda:

   When health workers are infected at work, this puts other healthcare workers at risk, but also can be a risk to all other patients, understanding where the breach in these measures is occurring and taking the steps needed to fully implement infection prevention and control measures can put an end to these ... infections.

3. Kendra Viner:

   We can use that to work with our prevention team here to coordinate education efforts and additional screening campaigns.

4. Laura Riley:

   The really tough thing here is for those who may have been infected nothing can be done. We're hunting and looking for something we can't do anything about. There's no treatment and no prevention, other than just not getting bitten.

5. Timothy Rebbeck:

   The results of this study are a first step in understanding how to personalize risk assessment around a woman’s specific mutation, which can help guide carriers and providers in the cancer prevention decision making process.

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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
   https://chat.openai.com
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
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=PREVENTION