FromMiddle Englishprevencion, fromMedieval Latinprēventiō.
prevention (countable anduncountable,pluralpreventions)
- The act ofpreventing orhindering;obstruction of action, access, or approach;thwarting.
a fireprevention campaign
1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:Casca, be sudden, for we fearprevention.
1698,Robert South, “Sermon Preached atChrist-Church, Oxon. before the University”, inTwelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet […],→OCLC,page222:But no Man Pities another for any Evil lying upon Him, which hewould not help, but which hecould not. One is his Burden, the other his Choice; Vertually at least, since he might have Chosen itsPrevention.
1920, Francis Sales Betten,The Roman Index of Forbidden Books:It performed this task in the beginning and has always exercised the power of passing on books. By this transfer, the Pope points out, every danger of a collision, which might become very embarrassing, is evaded. Theprevention of such collisions has indeed been one of the chief reasons for Pius X to undertake the complete reorganization of the Roman Curia.
1982,Ronald Reagan,Presidential Radio Address - 2 October 1982:In the next few days we'll announce the administration's new strategy for theprevention of drug abuse and drug trafficking.
- (medicine) Anymeasure intended to limit health-relatedrisks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
1933, David Marshall Brooks,The Necessity of Atheism:Whatever cures are known, andpreventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.
- (obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
1631,Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […];[p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […],→OCLC,page59:It is generally knowne and obserued, thatLight, and theObiect ofSight, moue swifter thanSound; For we see theFlash of aPeece [i.e. firearm] is seene sooner, than theNoise is heard.[…] And the greater the Distance, the greater is thePreuention: As we see in Thunder, which is farre off; where the Lightning Precedeth the Cracke a good space.
- (obsolete)Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes,hazards andrisks
1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene iv]:[Suffolk, York and Beaufort]
Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings,
And, fly thou how thou canst, they’ll tangle thee:
But fear not thou, until thy foot be snared,
Nor never seekprevention of thy foes.
- precaution; forethought.
- 1659,Henry Hammond,A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. LUKE, Chapter 14, verse 3, p. 238,[1]
- And Jesus […] by way ofprevention asked a question of the Doctors of the law and Pharisees that were present, saying, Is the working of a cure on a sick man a thing forbidden, and so unlawfull to be done upon a sabbath day?
The act of preventing or hindering
- Arabic:مَنْع (ar)(manʕ)
- Armenian:կանխարգելում (hy)(kanxargelum)
- Bulgarian:предотвратяване (bg) n(predotvratjavane),попречване (bg) n(poprečvane)
- Catalan:prevenció (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:預防 /预防 (zh)(yùfáng)
- Dutch:preventie (nl) f
- Finnish:ennaltaehkäisy,ennaltaehkäiseminen,ehkäisy (fi),ehkäiseminen (fi),torjunta (fi),torjuminen (fi)
- French:prévention (fr) f
- German:Prävention (de) f
- Greek:πρόληψη (el) f(prólipsi),αποτροπή (el) f(apotropí)
- Hindi:निवारण (hi) m(nivāraṇ),रोकना (hi)(roknā)
- Hungarian:megelőzés (hu)
- Japanese:予防 (ja)(よぼう, yobō)
- Kazakh:алдын алу(aldyn alu)
- Korean:예방 (ko)(yebang)
- Plautdietsch:Väabieejunk f
- Polish:prewencja (pl) f,zapobieganie (pl) n
- Portuguese:prevenção (pt) f
- Romanian:preîntâmpinare (ro),prevenire (ro)
- Russian:предотвраще́ние (ru) n(predotvraščénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:prevencija (sh),preveniranje,predupređivanje,predohrana (sh)
- Spanish:prevención (es)
- Telugu:నివారణము (te)(nivāraṇamu)
- Ukrainian:запобігання n(zapobihannja),попередження n(poperedžennja)
- Walloon:espaitchance (wa) f(neologism)
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Measure to limit health risks
The act of going, or state of being, before
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prevention
- genitivesingular ofpreventio
