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preventive
/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/
adj 4noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, best, curative, most, previous, realistic
VERB + PREVENTIVE
counsel, depend, pay, talk
PREVENTIVE + NOUN
fever, health, israel, medicine
PREP.
on
ADV.
often
Definitions
adj
1
Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
...and I sometimes think whether, like the ancient king, it would not be prudent to make an offering to destiny, and throw my set of emeralds into the lake." Emily could not but deprecate the emeralds being destined to any such preventive service;...
2
Carried out to deter military aggression.
3
Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
Physick is either curative or preventive.
4
Going before; preceding.
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.
noun
1
A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms […]
2
A thing that slows the development of an illness.
Eaten with sugar yaourt is very palatable and refreshing in warm weather and is said to be a preventive of fever.
3
A contraceptive, especially a condom.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an agent or device intended to prevent conception
- contraceptive
- preventative
noun — any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- hindrance
- hinderance
- hitch
- preventative
- encumbrance
- incumbrance
- interference
noun — remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or di
- preventative
- prophylactic
adjective — preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
- preventative
- prophylactic
adjective — tending to prevent or hinder
- preventative
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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...and I sometimes think whether, like the ancient king, it would not be prudent to make an offering to destiny, and throw my set of emeralds into the lake." Emily could not but deprecate the emeralds
Wiktionary02
Physick is either curative or preventive.
Wiktionary03
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.
Wiktionary04
Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive
Wiktionary05
Eaten with sugar yaourt is very palatable and refreshing in warm weather and is said to be a preventive of fever.
Wiktionary06
Out of the four policies that were suggested, I think the most effective one would be the "Improvement of Preventive Care and Health Promotion" policy.
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