preventative

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• Preventative — Pre*vent a*tive, n. That which prevents; incorrectly used instead of preventive. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• preventative — index offset, preventive, prophylactic, restrictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• preventative — UK US /prɪˈventətɪv/ adjective ► PREVENTIVE(Cf. ↑preventive) …   Financial and business terms

• preventative — 1650s (adj.), 1774 (n.), from PREVENT (Cf. prevent) + ative. PREVENTIVE (Cf. Preventive) is better formed …   Etymology dictionary

• preventative — preventive, preventative Both words are in use as adjectives meaning ‘serving to prevent’, especially in medicine, and also as nouns denoting a substance or procedure that does this. Preventive is the commoner by a long way (with four times as… …   Modern English usage

• preventative — 1. adjective Preventive (in all senses). That part of mental hygiene which has a prophylactic character falls into two classes, group preventative mental hygiene [ hellip;] 2. noun Preventive (in all senses) …   Wiktionary

• preventative — See preventative, preventive …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• preventative — adj. Preventative is used with these nouns: ↑action, ↑maintenance, ↑measure, ↑medicine, ↑war …   Collocations dictionary

• preventative — pre|vent|a|tive [prıˈventətıv] adj ↑preventive ▪ preventative measures >preventatively adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• preventative — [[t]prɪve̱ntətɪv[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Preventative means the same as preventive …   English dictionary

• preventative —    a contraceptive sheath    Preventing, it was hoped, disease and impregnation but not necessarily worn by the former British preventative man, a coastguard …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms