prevention
nounBand 6
UKprɪˈvenʃn
USpriˈvɛnʃən
The action of stopping something from happening, especially disease.
Prevention is better than cure.
Health campaigns focus on the prevention of disease.
Remember it
From Latin praevenire, “to come before”: prevention acts before a problem arrives.
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The noun form is prevention.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- avoidancedeterrence
- Opposite
- treatmentcure
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