preventative
US /prɪˈvɛntətɪv/
・UK /prɪ'ventətɪv/
B1
adj.AdjectiveIntended to stop something bad from happening
Take the preventative measure of washing your hands when you come in
n.NounSomething that is intended to stop something from happening.
The best preventative is to wash your hands regularly.
n.NounA medicine or treatment intended to prevent a disease or condition.
She takes a daily preventative to avoid migraines.
Video subtitles
Non-smoking Asian women getting lung cancer at a high rate; new study seeks to determine why
- The doctors hope the FANDS study leads to the development of more preventative measures and screening, but
The doctors hope the FANDS study leads to the development of more preventative measures and screening, but
- The doctors hope the FANDS study leads to the development of more preventative measures and screening,
The doctors hope the FANDS study leads to the development of more preventative measures and screening,
Australia's Insane Social Media Ban
- And the fact that elections, referendums, and we've just had one, public health preventative measures and imminent harm to economy or financial markets are just some of the topics that will be covered by this bill is chilling.
And the fact that elections, referendums, and we've just had one, public health preventative measures and imminent harm to economy or financial markets are just some of the topics that will be covered by this bill is chilling.
- And the fact that elections, referendums, and we've just had one, public health preventative measures, and
And the fact that elections, referendums, and we've just had one, public health preventative measures, and
Design FMEA (Failure Modes & Effects Analysis)
- So we fill each of those in, and then we can move over to the current preventative activities.
So we fill each of those in, and then we can move over to the current preventative activities.
- And once you've got a set of preventative activities and an occurrence, you can then move on to the detection activities.
And once you've got a set of preventative activities and an occurrence, you can then move on to the detection activities.
7 Common Things People with Trauma Do
- Compulsions can be a coping mechanism to mask uncomfortable feelings, but also a preventative measure to prevent these feelings from happening in the first place.
Compulsions can be a coping mechanism to mask uncomfortable feelings, but also a preventative measure to prevent these feelings from happening in the first place.
- Compulsions can be a coping mechanism to mask uncomfortable feelings but also a preventative measure to prevent these feelings from happening in the first place.
Compulsions can be a coping mechanism to mask uncomfortable feelings but also a preventative measure to prevent these feelings from happening in the first place.
Covid inquiry: Did Boris Johnson do too little, too late? | BBC Question Time
- It does also suggest, just reading it this afternoon, is that if some preventative measures, not lockdown, had been taken earlier, lockdowns might have been avoided.
It does also suggest, just reading it this afternoon, is that if some preventative measures, not lockdown, had been taken earlier, lockdowns might have been avoided.
- And the inquiry was And it does also suggest, just reading it this afternoon, is that if some preventative measures, not lockdown, had been taken earlier, lockdowns might have been avoided altogether.
And the inquiry was And it does also suggest, just reading it this afternoon, is that if some preventative measures, not lockdown, had been taken earlier, lockdowns might have been avoided altogether.
A Too Cute 2-Year-Old Bottle Flipper!
- But we do a lot of preventative stuff, and the response,
But we do a lot of preventative stuff, and the response,
- But we do a lot of preventative stuff.
But we do a lot of preventative stuff.
The actual problem with vaccines
- However, vaccines are among the most highly regulated substances we can put into our bodies, in part because they are given to healthy people, usually children, as a preventative measure rather than a treatment.
However, vaccines are among the most highly regulated substances we can put into our bodies, in part because they are given to healthy people, usually children, as a preventative measure rather than a treatment.
- However, vaccines are among the most highly regulated substances we can put into our bodies, in part because they are given to healthy people, usually children, as a preventative measure rather than a treatment.
However, vaccines are among the most highly regulated substances we can put into our bodies, in part because they are given to healthy people, usually children, as a preventative measure rather than a treatment.
The 10 Stages of Genocide
- Dr. Gregory Stanton, who observed the phenomenon, suggested preventative measures to battle each stage, even though he believed that ultimately only an international intervention can stop such a disaster.
Dr. Gregory Stanton, who observed the phenomenon, suggested preventative measures to battle each stage, even though he believed that ultimately only an international intervention can stop such a disaster.
- Gregory Stanton, who observed the phenomenon, suggested preventative measures to battle each stage, even though he believed that ultimately only an international intervention can stop such a disaster.
Gregory Stanton, who observed the phenomenon, suggested preventative measures to battle each stage, even though he believed that ultimately only an international intervention can stop such a disaster.
Dr William Li on Cancer Prevention with Anti Angiogenesis Resveratrol
- So imagine if we could create the world's first rating system in which we could score foods according to their anti-angiogenic cancer-preventative properties.
So imagine if we could create the world's first rating system in which we could score foods according to their anti-angiogenic cancer-preventative properties.
- cancer-preventative properties.
cancer-preventative properties.
Ask Emily #2
- When they woke up the next day, their eye was all bloodshot, so they had to go to the emergency room and get all these Brabies vaccines and all this other preventative treatment.
When they woke up the next day, their eye was all bloodshot, so they had to go to the emergency room and get all these Brabies vaccines and all this other preventative treatment.
- and get all these rabies vaccines and all this other preventative treatment.
and get all these rabies vaccines and all this other preventative treatment.