prevention

[ pri-ven-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
2. a preventive:

   This serum is a prevention against disease.

prevention

/ prɪˈvɛnʃən /

noun

1. the act of preventing
2. a hindrance, obstacle, or impediment

Other Words From

• nonpre·vention noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of prevention¹

1520–30; < Late Latin praeventiōn- (stem of praeventiō ) a forestalling. See prevent, -ion

Example Sentences

Once, when occupying a cell in near a phone, I saw the suicide prevention protocols in action.

From The Daily Beast

In 2005, the company got a call from a new, unexpected client: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From The Daily Beast

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedly noted, Ebola is not transferred through air.

From The Daily Beast

Since the 10th century, Bulgaria has practiced varying forms of prevention to keep vampires from coming back to life.

From The Daily Beast

The NFL is now requiring violence prevention education and training for all players and staff.

From The Daily Beast

The prevention of this evil, therefore, was an object which a reformed house of commons was especially bound to secure.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the only safe, as well as the only advantageous way out of this confusion is to go forward on the Principle of Prevention.

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The important practical question is the prevention of the fulfilment of the morbid impulse during these impressionable years.

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Prevention consists in cutting the roots; not feeding them when the animals are very hungry, and not disturbing them while eating.

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Thus was the metropolis happily preserved; but the bloody part of the intended tragedy was past prevention.

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Related Words

• avoidance