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prevention Definition

pre·ven·tion (prē ven′s̸hən, pri-)

noun

  1. the act of preventing
  2. Now Rare a means of preventing; preventive

prevention Synonyms

prevention

n.

stoppage, forestalling, arrest, arresting, preclusion, obviating, bar, debarring, halt, impeding, foil, retardation, repression, restraint, restriction, inhibition, interception, overriding, circumvention, hindering, counteraction, obstruction, opposition, warding off, staving off, drawing off, keeping off, stopping, thwarting, blocking; see also refusal.

Antonyms aid*, encouragement, help.

prevention Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • nuisance: Reasons for granting the application with modifications and conditions The prevention of public nuisance.
  • blindness: In 1998 a national campaign for the prevention of blindness focused on cataract surgery.
  • osteoporosis: It plays a great role in the prevention of osteoporosis.
  • homelessness: The report argues that the need to focus on prevention of homelessness is now widely accepted.
  • obesity: Services have been developed to assist in prevention of obesity and treating those who are already obese.
  • disease: HRT appeared to have an additional role in the prevention of chronic disease in older women.

Converse of object

  • emphasize: Gibbs emphasized that prevention is key and that good housing advice can help people hold onto their homes.

Adjective modifier

  • secondary: What they can offer Staff involved with secondary prevention.
  • hiv/aids: We work to reduce harmful child labor; promote education for child workers and rural children; support sexual healthcare and HIV/AIDS prevention.
  • primary: As we have very small numbers of IHD patients we obtained approval to place more emphasis on primary prevention as follows.
  • cardiovascular: June 2005 To use the data to investigate the economics of cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care.
  • sore: Talley Medical Talley Group Ltd is the UK's largest privately owned specialist in pressure sore prevention and therapy products.

Modifies a noun

  • strategy: SETTING: Decision about a cancer prevention strategy at the time of a positive result on genetic testing.
  • measure: The document has a strong emphasis on prevention measures.

Noun used with modifier

  • crime: Your first call should be to your crime prevention officer at your local police station.
  • fraud: We may check your details with fraud prevention agencies.
  • relapse: Pip Mason Consultancy runs courses on stopping smoking, smoking and pregnancy and relapse prevention and management.
  • intrusion: Instead, upon notifying the affected product vendor, 3Com provides its customers with zero day protection through its intrusion prevention technology.
  • suicide: There are chapters which have implications for suicide prevention.
  • pollution: Therefore, appropriate pollution prevention guidance should be followed.
prevention Quotes

A well-chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.

—Graves, Robert von Ranke