preventionnoun [ U ]
uk/prɪˈven.ʃən/us/prɪˈven.ʃən/B2 the act of stopping something from happening or of stopping someone from doing something:
crime prevention
The organization is committed to AIDS prevention and education.
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- As far as health is concerned, it is often said that prevention is better than cure.
- His research in the field of disease prevention produced unexpected results.
- Accident prevention must be viewed as a priority.
- fire prevention officers
- Health education in the local population is crucial to the prevention of killer diseases.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
- holding pattern
- impede
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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Idiom(s)
prevention is better than cure