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Definition: Preventive |
PreventiveAdjective1. Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug". 2. Tending to prevent or hinder. 3. Tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze. Noun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "preventive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1646. (references) |
Synonyms: PreventiveSynonyms: cautionary (adj), birth control device (n), contraceptive (n), contraceptive device (n), encumbrance (n), hindrance (n), hitch (n), incumbrance (n), interference (n), preventative (n), prophylactic (n), prophylactic device (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: permissive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Encumbrance, incumbrance; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea; remora. |
Remedy | Noun: remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; diagnosis, medical examination; medical treatment; surgery; preventive medicine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | This slide shows the front and back of a box of Kellogs Bran Flakes. The back panel shows "To Your Health: Preventive Health Tips From The National Cancer Institute". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Preventive medicine students class. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Treatment of drug dependent persons and preventive education ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by C. Blackwell.. |  | ... early preventive treatment for incipient trachoma will probably safeguard their young eyesight ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by A.S. Kochar.. |
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| Author | Quotation |
George Borrow | Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | Unless adequate preventive measures are taken to dispel the compulsion inherent in custodial surroundings, no statement obtained from the defendant can truly be the product of his free choice. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | What follows is only a brief outline of the use of these drugs as preventive agents. (references) | |
For headaches that occur three or more times a month, preventive treatment is usually recommended. (references) | ||
The decision to use preventive treatment is complicated in women who are, or may become, pregnant. (references) | ||
Business | Their service ranging from routine preventive maintenance, technical support, spare parts service, to assisting in the new equipment purchase. (references) | |
They offer a range of general preventive and diagnostic dental services such as examinations, simple fillings, x-rays, and cleaning and fluoride treatments. (references) | ||
The application for the integrated permit must contain the description of measures planned for ensuring fulfillment of preventive measures as well as energy efficiency. (references) | ||
Children | Germany | The law stresses the need for preventive measures, and in response the Government has increased its counseling and other assistance to abused children. (references) |
Greece | Penal law prohibits the mistreatment of children and sets penalties for violators, while welfare legislation provides for preventive and treatment programs for abused children and for children deprived of a family environment; it also seeks to ensure the availability of alternative family care or institutional placement. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | India | Like its predecessor, the TADA, the proposed bill would dispense with constitutional guarantees for due process, allowing for preventive detention. (references) |
Economic History | Ghana | The CPP's control was challenged and criticized, and Prime Minister Nkrumah used the Preventive Detention Act (1958), which provided for detention without trial for up to 5 years (later extended to 10 years). (references) |
Uae | Comprehensive rules were provided in connection with the various types of preventive and provisional remedies prior to the litigation process and upon the issuance of judgments, including attachment of property, confiscation of the defendant's passport and prohibitions on travel, as well as the detention of the defendant in certain instances. (references) | |
Singapore | The Health Promotion Board will provide the framework for greater focus on major health problems and spearhead health education, promotion and preventive programs. (references) | |
Human Rights | Singapore | The ISA and the CLA permit preventive detention without trial for the protection of public security or safety or the maintenance of public order. (references) |
Bangladesh | On June 18, 11 members of the Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested under the SPA for preventive detention after meeting with a foreign NGO, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), to discuss training for election polling agents. (references) | |
Bangladesh | However, the Constitution specifically allows preventive detention, with specified safeguards, outside these requirements. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | A higher-than-average percentage of the Romani population applies for partial or full disability pensions due to the occurrence of malignant diseases resulting from the neglect of preventive health practices or the lack of available medical care in areas with above-average Romani populations. (references) |
Political Economy | Madagascar | The Government continued a major effort to reduce the number of preventive detainees. (references) |
Mexico | The police forces, which include federal and state judicial police, the Federal Preventive Police (PFP), municipal police, and various police auxiliary forces, have primary responsibility for law enforcement and maintenance of order within the country. (references) | |
Political Rights | Nepal | In such an emergency, the King, as advised by the civilian government, may suspend without judicial review many basic freedoms, including the freedoms of expression and assembly, freedom from censorship, and freedom from preventive detention. (references) |
Trade | Ghana | If goods brought into Ghana under temporary entry permit are to be sold, the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) must be notified and appropriate taxes settled in full before the sale. (references) |
Travel | Uae | The test must be conducted in the UAE by the Preventive Medicine Unit of the UAE Ministry of Health. (references) |
Women | Spain | The four principal areas outlined in the plan are preventive education; improvements in judicial regulations and practices to protect victims and increase the penalty for abusers; the extension of social services for abused women to all parts of the country; and increased coordination among the agencies and organizations involved in preventing domestic violence. (references) |
Poland | A total of 15 centers have been established to assist victims, to provide preventive treatment as well as resocialization counseling to perpetrators, and to train personnel working with victims of domestic violence. (references) | |
Dominica | The Dominica National Council of Women, a nongovernmental organization, teaches preventive education about domestic violence and maintains a shelter where counseling and mediation services for men and women are available daily. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Portugal | Police arrested almost 100 alleged traffickers during the year: Of these, 38 were awaiting trial at year's end, 3 were convicted and sentenced, and the remainder were in preventive detention pending further investigation. (references) |
Lithuania | The Pedagogic Psychology Center of the Education Ministry conducts preventive work among potential victims of sexual abuse and trafficking. (references) | |
China | During the year the Government continued to conduct public education campaigns against trafficking as a preventive measure. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We should all take advantage of preventive care. |
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| "Preventive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.08% of the time. "Preventive" is used about 417 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) | 98.08% | 409 | 13,773 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.92% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 417 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "preventive": planned preventive maintenance ♦ preventive actions ♦ preventive custody ♦ preventive cyclic retransmission ♦ Preventive Dentistry ♦ preventive detention ♦ Preventive Dianetics ♦ preventive health care ♦ preventive health program ♦ Preventive Health Services ♦ preventive inoculation ♦ preventive maintenance ♦ preventive mastectomy ♦ preventive measures ♦ Preventive Medicine ♦ preventive officer ♦ Preventive Psychiatry ♦ preventive service ♦ rust preventive. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "preventive": non-preventive. | |
Containing "preventive": public-preventive measures. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "preventive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | parandalues (precautionary), mjet mbrojtës (hedge, protection, protector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مانع (bar, deterrent, hindrance, obstacle, preventative), وقائي (precautionary, pre-emptive, preventative, prophylactic, protective, safety), علاج وقائي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | профилактични мерки, профилактичен (preventative, prophylactic), предпазни мерки (provide), предпазен (cautionary, defensive, precautionary, preventative, prophylactic, protective, safety, sematic, warning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 预防 (Preventative, Prevention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | preventivní (preventative), ochranný (preservative, preventative, prophylactic, protective). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | profylaktisk (prophylactic), præventiv (prophylactic), forebyggende (prophylactic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prophylactisch (prophylactic), profylactisch (prophylactic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیش گیر, مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Let, Lock, Obstacle, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), جلوگیری کننده (Inhibiter, Prohibitive, Stopper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ehkäisykeino (method of contraception), ehkäisevä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prophylactique (prophylactic), préventif (pre-emptive, preventative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | prophylaktisch (prophylactic), präventiv (preemptive, preventative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κωλυτικόσ (inhibitive, inhibitory), προληπτικόσ (deterrent, precautionary, superstitious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תמ עי (prophylactic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | preventív (preventative), preventív gyógyszer (preventive medicine), meggátló, megakadályozó (preventer), elhárító. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pencegah (preventative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | profilattico (prophylactic, protective). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 予防医学 (preventive medicine, prophylactic), 予防注射 (immunization, inoculation, preventive injection, shots), 予防戦争 (preventive war). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よぼうせ"そう (preventive war), よぼういがく (preventive medicine, prophylactic), よぼうちゅうしゃ (immunization, inoculation, preventive injection, shots). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예방 (Preventative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiettalagh (cloggy, counteracting, counteractive, deterrent, discouraging, filibuster, handicapper, hinderer, inhibiter, inhibiting, interceptor, obstructive, obstructor, restricting, restrictive, suspensory, veto). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eventivepray profilático (condom, prophylactic), profiláctico (prophylactic), preventivo (prophylactic, protective, warning), medida preventiva (preventive measure), impeditivo (deterrent), impedimento (arrest, balk, batman, clog, cramp, delay, deterrent, embargo, estoppel, gag, hindrance, hitch, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, patency, preclusion, preventer, prevention, stop, stoppage, trammels). (various references) preventiv (preventively). (various references) профилактический (prophylactic). (various references) preventivan, preventiva (preventative). (various references) preventivo (obviating, precautionary, preclusive, prevenient, preventative, remand), medida preventiva (preventative), medicamento profiláctico (preventative, prophylactic). (various references) preventiv (contraceptive), kustbevaknings-, förebyggande medel, förebyggande (precosion, preventing, prevention). (various references) koruyucu (conservator, contraceptive, Guardian, guarding, keeper, life saver, patron, preservative, preserver, prophylactic, protecting, protective, protector, protectress, safeguard, safety, sentinel, tutelar, tutelary, umbrella, warden), önleyici ilaç (prophylactic, suppressant), önleyici (disincentive, inhibitor, preclusive, prophylactic, repressive), önlem (clampdown, countermeasure, diligence, expedient, foresight, forethought, hedge, maneuver, manoeuvre, measure, policy, precaution, prevention, protection, provision, sparingness, step). (various references) захисний (apologetic, apologetical, cryptic, defensive, fenceful, protective), запобіжний засіб (preservative), запобіжний (preservative, prophylactic), превентивний (preclusive, pre-emptive, preventative). (various references) ngăn ngừa (preventative), cách phòng bệnh (preventative), biện pháp phòng ngừa thuốc phòng bệnh (preventative). (various references) ataliol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "preventive": preventively, preventiveness, preventivenesses, preventives. (additional references) | |
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"Preventive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prevntive, progenitive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "preventive" (pronounced prive"ntiv, prēve"ntiv, prive"niv , or prēve"niv) |
| 6 | -v e" n t i v | inventive. |
| 5 | -e" n t i v | attentive, disincentive, inattentive, incentive. |
| 4 | -n t i v | appointive, plaintive, substantive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
| 6 | -v e" n t i v | inventive. |
| 5 | -e" n t i v | attentive, disincentive, inattentive, incentive. |
| 4 | -n t i v | appointive, plaintive, substantive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-n-p-r-t-v-v" | |
-3 letters: preteen, prevent, teenier, terpene, vetiver. | |
-4 letters: entire, entree, envier, eterne, evener, invert, peerie, privet, pterin, repent, repine, retene, retine, revive, teener, triene, veiner, veneer, venire, venter, verite, vervet. | |
-5 letters: eerie, enter, event, evert, evite, inept, inert, inter, nerve, never, nieve, niter, nitre, peeve, peter, preen, print, reeve, reive, rente, repin, retie, revet, ripen. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-n-p-r-t-v-v" | |
+1 letter: preventives. | |
+2 letters: preventative, preventively. | |
+3 letters: preventatives. | |
+4 letters: preventiveness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 76 65 6E 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . ...- . -. - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e v e n t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0076 0065 006E 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847188718086758871 |
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