prevention
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2.4
- noun
- /prɪˈvɛnʃən/
:
prevención
- The responsibility of pregnancy prevention is currently equal between men and women.
- disease prevention
- a prevention program
- prevention and control
The trials had as an end point the prevention of symptomatic disease.
- The trials had as an end point the prevention of symptomatic disease.
- I don't really have wrinkles but I do believe prevention is better than cure.
- Could you imagine being a loss prevention agent at a Walmart?
- And we were doing this as our primary prevention focus for women.
- And then we need prevention of contamination.
- It's rather the absence, the removal, the prevention of something bad.
- Some people don't need a fraud prevention accountability buddy.
- Messages towards prevention of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
- And there's an active inhibition or prevention of neurons that increase alertness.
- And this is a matter of coming up with a model of prevention, not intervention.
- Sadly, there isn't much that you can do from a prevention standpoint.
- And and a a is is if only a, a could be prevention, right?
Examples
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But the ultimate goal has got to be prevention and cure.
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Prevention is better than a cure.
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And we were doing this as our primary prevention focus for women.
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And that is so important because prevention is so important.
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So in that sense, prevention, yes, we could do much more.
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The goal here is prevention.
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Well, today I'm not here to talk about crime prevention.
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Our findings support the need for both burnout prevention and recovery interventions.
Academic text (2011) -
The prevention of disease is essential for maintaining public health.
Synonyms
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3.7
Keeping away from something or stopping it from happening
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7.5
The act of stopping people from doing something by making them afraid of the result
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5.8
A rule or law that stops something from happening
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8.5
Preventing something by dealing with it before it happens
Stopping something bad from happening
Stopping something before it happens by acting early
To stop problems before they happen by planning ahead
Antonyms
Idioms
Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later
Compounds
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3.5
Actions to limit the number of children people have, often using birth control
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3.4
A U.S. government health agency that studies and prevents diseases
- Specialized
Money spent to stop problems in a product or process before they happen
An agency of the UN that worked to reduce drug use and crime worldwide
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word prevention comes from two old parts: pre- meaning 'before' and venire meaning 'to come'. So, prevention is literally 'coming before' a problem, that is, acting early to stop something from happening.