Preventative

Definition: Preventative

Preventative

Adjective

1. Tending to prevent or hinder.

2. Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug".

Noun

1. Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives".

2. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.

3. An agent or device intended to prevent conception.

Date "preventative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Specialty Definition: Preventative

Domain	Definition
Tips from 1870	Usage: Preventative. The correct form of the word is preventive, not preventative. Source: Slips of Speech.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Preventative

Synonyms: birth control device (n), contraceptive (n), contraceptive device (n), encumbrance (n), hindrance (n), hitch (n), incumbrance (n), interference (n), preventive (n), prophylactic (n), prophylactic device (n). (additional references)

Antonym: permissive (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Preventative

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Remedy	Prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin.
	Adjective: remedial; restorative; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory, sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous; (salutary); medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical, epulotic, paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic, balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, emollient; depuratory; detersive, detergent; abstersive, disinfectant, febrifugal, alterative; traumatic, vulnerary.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Preventative

Specialty definitions using "preventative": ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN, electronic paint operator, ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE, TRANSMITTER ♦ FLAT CLOTHIER ♦ maintenance-and-utilities supervisor ♦ OCEANOGRAPHER, ASSISTANT ♦ PAINTER, ELECTROSTATIC ♦ UTILITIES-AND-MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Preventative

Domain	Title
Books	Containing Conflict: Cases in Preventative Diplomacy (reference) Earl Mindell's Nutrition & Health for Dogs: Keep Your Dog Healthy and Happy With Natural Preventative Care and Remedies (reference) HOTEL, RESTAURANT & TRAVEL LAW, A PREVENTATIVE APPROACH, 6E (reference) Market for Sepsis Therapeutics and Preventative Agents [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Oral Self Care: Strategies for Preventative Dentistry (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Membership Directory : International Academy Of Nutrition And Preventative Medicine (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	LASERJET 4300 PREVENTATIVE (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Preventative

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Chinese drivers are not known for paying attention to preventative maintenance. (references)
		Numerous reports proving calcium's preventative effect on osteoporosis have been published, boosting market demand and value. (references)
		Whether a pharmaceutical is classified as �only available at pharmacies' or not, depends on the fact whether it exclusively serves a therapeutic purpose or if it is used as a preventative treatment. (references)
Economic History	Botswana	It has sought to make SADC a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventative diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance. (references)
	Korea	This preventative strategy allows the U.S. company to control the use of the licensed technology as well as maintain the integrity of the licensing agreement. (references)
	Kuwait	The Government operates hospitals and clinics throughout the country, that offer a wide range of services from preventative care to operations. (references)
Human Rights	Finland	Preventative detention is only permitted during a declared state of war for narrowly defined offenses, such as treason, mutiny, and arms trafficking. (references)
	Algeria	In addition any suspect held in preventative detention is to undergo a medical examination at the end of the detention, whether the suspect requests it or not. (references)
	Tonga	There are no statutory limits to the length of time a suspect may be held prior to being charged; however, there were no reports of preventative detention or other lengthy pretrial detention. (references)
Worker Rights	Jordan	The Ministry of Labor established a child labor unit in late 1999, which is responsible for conducting national research on child labor, adopting both preventative and remedial measures, developing a database on child laborers and their families, and training and monitoring Ministry of Labor inspectors about child labor issues. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Preventative

"Preventative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "Preventative" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	97.44%	152	25,494
Noun (proper)	2.56%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	156	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Preventative

Expressions using "preventative": preventative medicine ♦ rust preventative. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Preventative

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
preventative maintenance	128	damage preventative pruning storm tree	5
preventative maintenance software	80	training preventative maintenance	4
preventative medicine	31	administrator automated maintenance netware novell preventative purge utility volume	4
preventative	15	preventative health care	4
culture definition preventative	15	preventative action	4
preventative maintenance program	13	battery maintenance preventative ups	3
preventative maintenance software program	10	preventative health	3
heartworm preventative	9	maintenance preventative site	3
definition dictionary preventative	8	force preventative services task us	3
rust preventative	8	preventative maintenance schedule	3
beach medicine newport preventative	7	force preventative task us	3
industrial maintenance preventative software	7	construction equipment maintenance preventative preventive	2
medicine newport preventative	7	preventative maintenance system	2
definition preventative	7	journal medicine preventative	2
preventative care	7	migraine preventative	2
culture preventative	6	maintenance plan preventative	2
maintenance planned preventative	6	maintainance preventative solution	2
management planned preventative	5	flea preventative	2
chemo preventative	5	heartworm preventative sentinel	2
american journal medicine preventative	5	force preventative services state task united	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Preventative

Language		Translations for "preventative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏مانع (bar, deterrent, hindrance, obstacle, preventive), ‏وقائي (precautionary, pre-emptive, preventive, prophylactic, protective, safety), ‏واق (conservative, covering, defensive, preservative, protective). (various references)

Bulgarian		профилактично средство (prophylactic), профилактичен (preventive, prophylactic), предпазно средство (prevention, protection), предпазен (cautionary, defensive, precautionary, preventive, prophylactic, protective, safety, sematic, warning). (various references)

Chinese		预防 (Prevention, Preventive). (various references)

Czech		preventivní (preventive), ochranný (preservative, preventive, prophylactic, protective). (various references)

Danish		anti-rustprodukt (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive). (various references)

Dutch		roestwerend middel (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive). (various references)

French		préventif (pre-emptive, preventive). (various references)

German		vorsorglich (cautious, forehanded, precautionary, preventive, provident, providently), Verhinderung (aversion, discouragement, foiling, hindrance, prevention, stopping). (various references)

Greek		προϊόν αντισκωριακό (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive), αντισκωριακό (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive). (various references)

Hungarian		preventív (preventive), megelõzõ (antecedent, anterior, foregoing, preceding, preventive, prophylactic). (various references)

Indonesian		pencegah (preventive). (various references)

Italian		impedimento (check, clog, determent, drag, encumbrance, escapement, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdback, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, prevention, stumbling block). (various references)

Korean		예방 (Preventive). (various references)

Pig Latin		eventativepray

Portuguese		substância que impede a formação de ferrugem (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive), inibidor de ferrugem (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive), anticorrosivo (rust inhibitor, rust preventative, rust preventive). (various references)

Russian		предохранительный (deterrent, safety). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		preventiva (preventive). (various references)

Spanish		preventivo (obviating, precautionary, preclusive, prevenient, preventive, remand), medida preventiva (preventive), medicamento profiláctico (preventive, prophylactic). (various references)

Ukrainian		превентивний (preclusive, pre-emptive, preventive). (various references)

Vietnamese		ngăn ngừa (preventive), cách phòng bệnh (preventive), biện pháp phòng ngừa thuốc phòng bệnh (preventive). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Preventative

Derivations
	Words beginning with "preventative": preventatives. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Preventative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: presentative, preventitive, prevetative. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Preventative"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "preventative" (pronounced prēve"ntutiv)
7	-e" n t u t i v	argumentative, representative, tentative, unrepresentative.
5	-t u t i v	anticompetitive, competitive, consultative, exploitative, noncompetitive, putative, rep, repetitive, uncompetitive.
4	-u t i v	accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, consecutive, conservative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, recuperative, relative, remunerative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, ultraconservative, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, vituperative.
3	-t i v	abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Preventative

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-p-r-t-t-v-v"
	-1 letter: penetrative.
	-2 letters: inveterate, preventive.
	-3 letters: patienter, penetrate, retentive.
	-4 letters: antevert, aperient, enervate, patentee, triptane, venerate, vetivert.
	-5 letters: arenite, ariette, entreat, intreat, iterant, iterate, naivete, nattier, navette, nervate, nettier, nitrate, painter, partite, patient, pattern, peatier, perinea, pertain, pettier, preteen, prevent, private, ratteen, repaint, reptant, retinae, teenier, tentier, ternate, terpene, tertian, trainee, vervain, veteran, vetiver.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-p-r-t-t-v-v"
	+1 letter: preventatives.
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