precaution
a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
caution employed beforehand; prudent foresight.
to forewarn; put on guard.
Origin of precaution
1Other words for precaution
Other words from precaution
- un·pre·cau·tioned, adjective
Words Nearby precaution
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How to use precaution in a sentence
In Chinatown, she urged people to take precautions and to be vigilant.
Trump’s ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again | Glenn Kessler | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostThe measure was taken partly as a precaution for the health of Jeopardy host Alex Trebek, who has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
How the coronavirus outbreak is roiling the film and entertainment industries | Alissa Wilkinson | September 11, 2020 | VoxGetting on an airplane, he postulated, was not something consumers would be ready to do for a long time, leaving travel plans to be dictated more by safety precautions than whimsy.
Airbnb CEO: The pandemic will force us to see more of the world, not less | Verne Kopytoff | September 7, 2020 | FortuneOverall, business execs say that approaching an in person meeting with transparency as well as setting the stage for the kinds of precautions that will happen once in person is key.
‘Safe and healthy’: As in person meetings resume, business execs are having the coronavirus ‘talk’ | Kristina Monllos | September 4, 2020 | DigidayGiven the opportunity to test and find out that an asymptomatic contact is positive is always preferable, she said, because people are more likely to take precautions and isolate properly, particularly around family members.
America Doesn’t Have a Coherent Strategy for Asymptomatic Testing. It Needs One. | by Caroline Chen | September 1, 2020 | ProPublica
As a precaution against a possible disturbance, the ferry was escorted by a police boat, its blue lights flashing.
‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture | Michael Daly | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe jacket and gloves were a precaution in the event the eaglet panicked, but there was little fuss as he tossed the net over her.
As a precaution, they have been placed on a 21-day fever watch.
But, the precaution falls flat on the upper floors of thin-walled barracks.
Dodging Rockets in Afghanistan as the Taliban’s Fighting Season Begins | Nick Willard | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDePree said Marble Collegiate sometimes takes another flu-season precaution.
Why did he not exercise more precaution when investigating anything so suspicious as a concealed fire?
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairEvery precaution was taken by Colonel Guitar to guard against a night attack, but his little army was allowed to rest in peace.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnAnd I had already taken the precaution of retaining the best legal counsel in the city.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisA man at all easy in his circumstances would spare himself much annoyance by taking the above simple precaution.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayIndeed, you would not have taken the precaution, which you did at the moment of my arrest, of searching me to find firearms.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for precaution
/ (prɪˈkɔːʃən) /
an action taken to avoid a dangerous or undesirable event
caution practised beforehand; circumspection
Origin of precaution
1Derived forms of precaution
- precautionary or precautional, adjective
- precautious, adjective
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