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Definition of prevention in English: preventionnoun prɪˈvɛnʃnprəˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n mass nounThe action of stopping something from happening or arising. the treatment and prevention of malaria Example sentencesExamples - She said that it was up to the community to take a greater role in crime prevention.
- You can help your father get more information on heart disease and its prevention.
- Benefits advice, help with language skills, and accident prevention is also offered.
- All the efforts in society have to be in suicide prevention and in reducing the rate of suicide.
- Here again we are faced with a situation where prevention is preferred to treatment.
- Every fire has a cause and most often there is a common sense, simple method of prevention.
- The NHS was criticised for not making the treatment and prevention of obesity a top priority.
- We call upon the world to acknowledge that you cannot talk about prevention without treatment.
- He said police would be working in the community this month to highlight issues such as crime prevention.
- She said officers would have advised the owners on what crime prevention measures they could take.
- One study did not report outcomes separately for treatment and prevention and so we included all women.
- Even the recommendation for prevention of fracture is based on weak evidence.
- The money is used for pioneering research into cancer to improve prevention and treatment and to find a cure.
- They urge linking with education departments on decay prevention in schools.
- He expressed his views on the issue at a workshop on suicide prevention in the city the other day.
- Regular eyelid hygiene is the most important part of treatment and prevention of blepharitis.
- They have dumbed-down the debate on prevention and stifled the debate on causes.
- Money raised will go towards research into prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease.
- The more people who know about causes and prevention of this condition, the better their future will be.
- He too believes the money would be better spent on prevention of disease.
Synonyms hindrance, hampering, holding back, discouragement, obstruction, impediment, retardation
Phrases prevention is better than cure proverb It's easier to stop something happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has happened. Example sentencesExamples - While council officials are not unduly worried they are nonetheless taking the view that prevention is better than cure, especially if the hot weather continues for the rest of August.
- We believe that prevention is better than cure, and we keep up with latest technology and colours to find the best for our customers.
- The prescription for climate change is that prevention is better than cure.
- With back pain, prevention is better than cure.
- Remember, prevention is better than cure and is much cheaper both in terms of hardware damage/replacement and lost production due to data loss.
Rhymes abstention, apprehension, ascension, attention, circumvention, comprehension, condescension, contention, contravention, convention, declension, detention, dimension, dissension, extension, gentian, hypertension, hypotension, intention, intervention, invention, mention, misapprehension, obtention, pension, prehension, recension, retention, subvention, supervention, suspension, tension Definition of prevention in US English: preventionnounprəˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nprəˈven(t)SH(ə)n The action of stopping something from happening or arising. the treatment and prevention of malaria Example sentencesExamples - Benefits advice, help with language skills, and accident prevention is also offered.
- He said police would be working in the community this month to highlight issues such as crime prevention.
- You can help your father get more information on heart disease and its prevention.
- One study did not report outcomes separately for treatment and prevention and so we included all women.
- The NHS was criticised for not making the treatment and prevention of obesity a top priority.
- She said that it was up to the community to take a greater role in crime prevention.
- She said officers would have advised the owners on what crime prevention measures they could take.
- All the efforts in society have to be in suicide prevention and in reducing the rate of suicide.
- Money raised will go towards research into prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease.
- They urge linking with education departments on decay prevention in schools.
- They have dumbed-down the debate on prevention and stifled the debate on causes.
- The more people who know about causes and prevention of this condition, the better their future will be.
- Every fire has a cause and most often there is a common sense, simple method of prevention.
- Here again we are faced with a situation where prevention is preferred to treatment.
- Even the recommendation for prevention of fracture is based on weak evidence.
- We call upon the world to acknowledge that you cannot talk about prevention without treatment.
- He too believes the money would be better spent on prevention of disease.
- Regular eyelid hygiene is the most important part of treatment and prevention of blepharitis.
- The money is used for pioneering research into cancer to improve prevention and treatment and to find a cure.
- He expressed his views on the issue at a workshop on suicide prevention in the city the other day.
Synonyms hindrance, hampering, holding back, discouragement, obstruction, impediment, retardation
Phrases an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure proverb It's easier to stop something from happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has happened. Example sentencesExamples - While council officials are not unduly worried they are nonetheless taking the view that prevention is better than cure, especially if the hot weather continues for the rest of August.
- We believe that prevention is better than cure, and we keep up with latest technology and colours to find the best for our customers.
- With back pain, prevention is better than cure.
- The prescription for climate change is that prevention is better than cure.
- Remember, prevention is better than cure and is much cheaper both in terms of hardware damage/replacement and lost production due to data loss.
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