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prevention
Word definitions for prevention in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: bar ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Prevention may refer to:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]vention.] The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.] The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. --Bacon. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) The act of going, or state of being, before. 2 (context obsolete English) anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks; hence, precaution; forethought. 3 The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crime prevention â–ª The police can give you advice on crime prevention. prevention is better than cure British English , an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure American English (= used to say that it is better ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "action of stopping an event or practice," from Middle French prévention and directly from Late Latin praeventionem (nominative praeventio ) "action of anticipating," noun of action from past participle stem of praevenire (see prevent ).
Usage examples of prevention.
It concerns not the prevention of all experimentation upon animals, but rather the abolition of its cruelty, its secrecy, its abuse.
The first society in America organized for the express purpose of prevention of cruelty in animal experimentation appears to have been the American Antivivisection Society, founded at Philadelphia in 1883.
An organization which more than any other has distinguished itself for persistent, unwearied, and vigorous attempts to secure reform by legal enactment is the Society for the Prevention of Abuse in Animal Experimentation, organized in Brooklyn, New York, in 1907.
Referring to one of the Bills introduced by the Society for the Prevention of Abuse in Animal Experimentation, Dr.
The malignity of the pestilence appeared more terrible because its victims knew no prevention and no remedy.
I wish to thank our local veterinarian, Gordon Pickering, for sharing a bit of his knowledge with me about parvovirus and its prevention and treatment.
Indeed, the distinction between prevention and punishment appears to have played little or no part in determining when picketing may be forbidden in labor disputes.
Conservation Association is to promote forest fire prevention, conservative forest management, reforesting of cut-over lands not more valuable for agriculture, improvement in taxation systems, preservation of stream flow, and all other things comprehended by forest conservation.
It concerns not the prevention of all experimentation upon animals, but rather the abolition of its cruelty, its secrecy, its abuse.
About two years ago, our Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals became possessed of the knowledge that it was still the practice in the schools of Anatomy and Physiology in France for lecturers and demonstrators to tie down cats, dogs, rabbits, etc.
It is an interesting fact that the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, founded by Henry Bergh, the first organization of its kind in America, joined in the demand for further investigation.
Chief Constable, wanting to know what other crime prevention measures could have been put in place for the cost of busting one high-profile bloke smoking a bit of dope in the privacy of his own home.
Indeed, the dominant discourses of AIDS prevention have been all about hygiene: We must avoid contact and use protection.
And there are, of course, other examples: the treatment of endocrinologic disorders with appropriate hormones, the prevention of hemolytic disease of the newborn, the treatment and prevention of various nutritional disorders, and perhaps just around the corner the management of Parkinsonism and sickle-cell anemia.
I accepted an offer at Salishan Graduate Institute and he took a job with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.