: the act of preventing or hindering
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Examples of prevention in a Sentence
Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
Recent Examples of prevention from the Web
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She is currently assigned to work with athletes at Lawrence Technological University as an injury prevention specialist.
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As the mode of transmission is unknown there are no prevention strategies against the disease.
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Crowley's five escort tugs are about 20 years old, but still effective, said Andres Morales, Alyeska's director of the spill-prevention system.
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Lake View Elementary students placed these pinwheels on Wednesday as part of a child abuse-prevention campaign.
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Cornell was roundly condemned by fire prevention experts, including one retained by the police, who in reports and statements agreed the Res Club contained code violations and that a proper building would have prevented the deaths.
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Another group that needs suicide prevention help: Teenagers.
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Kiwanis member Rick Guzman headed a group from Simply Destiny, a non-profit dance troupe whose mission is to raise suicide prevention awareness.
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While saunas may be soothing and have other benefits, the cancer-prevention claim has not been proven.
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First Known Use of prevention
15th century
prevention Synonyms
Synonyms
Near Antonyms
aid, assistance, backing, support;
advancement, cultivation, encouragement, nurture, promotion;
Related Words
negation, neutralization, nullification;
determent, deterrence, foiling, frustration, thwarting;
barring, enjoining, forbidding, interdicting, interdiction, outlawing, prohibiting, prohibition, proscribing, proscription;
PREVENTION Defined for English Language Learners
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: the act or practice of stopping something bad from happening : the act of preventing something
PREVENTION Defined for Kids
: the act or practice of keeping something from happening
- the prevention of fires
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