Precaution Definition

prĭ-kôshən
precautions
noun
precautions
Care taken beforehand; caution used in advance.
Webster's New World
A measure taken beforehand against possible danger, failure, etc.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb

: To warn or caution beforehand. --Locke.

Wiktionary
(rare): To take precaution against. --John Dryden.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Precaution

Noun

Singular:
precaution
Plural:
precautions

Origin of Precaution

  • From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand"); prae (“before") + cavere (“be on one's guard"). See pre-, and caution.

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin praecautiō praecautiōn- from praecautus past participle of Latin praecavēre to guard against prae- pre- cavēre to beware

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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