Prevention Definition

prĭ-vĕnshən
noun
The act of preventing.
Webster's New World
Means of preventing.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Prevention

Noun

Singular:
prevention
Plural:
preventions

Origin of Prevention

  • prevent +"Ž -tion or equivalent. Compare French prévention.

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Prevention Sentence Examples

  • A bill for the better prevention of pellagra was introduced in the spring of 1902.

  • Every power, is, therefore, rightfully interested in the prevention of such exclusion.

  • For the prevention of accidents from over-winding, detaching hooks are used.

  • The principles are the same as those which govern the prevention of other infectious diseases.

  • For the next sixty years an urgent question was the prevention of floods in the capital.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

NONION

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prevention

Words Starting With P and Ending With N

Starts With P & Ends With NStarts With PR & Ends With NStarts With P & Ends With ON

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With P10 Letter Words Ending With N