prevention is better than cure
It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.
prevention
/pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/
noun 5
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
accident, crime, drug, fire, flood, pollution
The school organized a fire prevention workshop to teach students about safety procedures.
primary, secondary, tertiary (all used when talking about health care)
PREVENTION + NOUN
programme, scheme, strategy
The school's disease prevention programme includes regular health checks for all students.
Definitions
noun
1
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
a fire prevention campaign
Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.
2
Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.
3
The act of going, or state of being, before.
It is generally knowne and obserued, that Light, and the Obiect of Sight, moue swifter than Sound; For we see the Flash of a Peece [i.e. firearm] is seene sooner, than the Noise is heard. […] And the greater the Distance, the greater is the Preuention: As we see in Thunder, which is farre off; where the Lightning Precedeth the Cracke a good space.
4
Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
[Suffolk, York and Beaufort] Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings, And, fly thou how thou canst, they’ll tangle thee: But fear not thou, until thy foot be snared, Nor never seek prevention of thy foes.
5
precaution; forethought.
1659, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. LUKE, Chapter 14, verse 3, p. 238, And Jesus […] by way of prevention asked a question of the Doctors of the law and Pharisees that were present, saying, Is the working of a cure on a sick man a thing forbidden, and so unlawfull to be done upon a sabbath day?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of preventing
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Alternative form of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure
Alternative form of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
"It is best to come clean," Mr Kendall said. "But an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure."
an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
It is better to prevent a disease than to have to cure it.
Example Bank
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a fire prevention campaign
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Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.
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But no Man Pities another for any Evil lying upon Him, which he would not help, but which he could not. One is his Burden, the other his Choice; Vertually at least, since he might have Chosen its Prev
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This museum is equipped with a fire prevention system.
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This is Fire Prevention Week.
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Prevention is better than cure.
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