"prevention" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prevention.wav [Southern-England] Forms: preventions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|prevencion}} Middle English prevencion, {{der|en|ML.|prēventiō}} Medieval Latin prēventiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prevention (countable and uncountable, plural preventions)
  1. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The act of preventing or hindering): مَنْع (manʕ) (Arabic), կանխարգելում (kanxargelum) (Armenian), предотвратяване (predotvratjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), попречване (poprečvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), prevenció [feminine] (Catalan), 預防 (Chinese Mandarin), 预防 (yùfáng) (Chinese Mandarin), preventie [feminine] (Dutch), ennaltaehkäisy (Finnish), ennaltaehkäiseminen (Finnish), ehkäisy (Finnish), ehkäiseminen (Finnish), torjunta (Finnish), torjuminen (Finnish), prévention [feminine] (French), Prävention [feminine] (German), πρόληψη (prólipsi) [feminine] (Greek), αποτροπή (apotropí) [feminine] (Greek), megelőzés (Hungarian), 予防 (yobō) (alt: よぼう) (Japanese), алдын алу (aldyn alu) (Kazakh), 예방 (yebang) (Korean), Väabieejunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), prewencja [feminine] (Polish), zapobieganie [neuter] (Polish), prevenção [feminine] (Portuguese), preîntâmpinare (Romanian), prevenire (Romanian), предотвраще́ние (predotvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), prevencija (Serbo-Croatian), preveniranje (Serbo-Croatian), predupređivanje (Serbo-Croatian), predohrana (Serbo-Croatian), prevención (Spanish), నివారణము (nivāraṇamu) (Telugu), запобігання (zapobihannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), попередження (poperedžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), espaitchance [feminine, neologism] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-prevention-en-noun-ZqM2iXzw Disambiguation of 'The act of preventing or hindering': 78 2 18 1 1
  2. (medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (Measure to limit health risks): профилактика (profilaktika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), prévention (French), prevenzione (Italian), Väabieejunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), prevenção (Portuguese), профила́ктика (profiláktika) [feminine] (Russian), prevención (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prevention-en-noun-Yxbug77U Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'Measure to limit health risks': 3 76 3 13 4
  3. (obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (The act of going, or state of being, before): prevenire (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-prevention-en-noun-Ften4h7b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 42 5 3 Disambiguation of 'The act of going, or state of being, before': 9 2 87 1 1
  4. (obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (Anticipation): очакване (očakvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), anticipare (Romanian), anticipacija (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-prevention-en-noun-KrhShBlv Disambiguation of 'Anticipation': 1 2 1 95 1
  5. precaution; forethought. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prevention-en-noun-y2RS-zDk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Finnish]

Head templates: {{head|fi|noun form}} prevention
  1. genitive singular of preventio Tags: form-of, genitive, singular Form of: preventio
    Sense id: en-prevention-fi-noun-6r82FkdY Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "loss prevention"
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          "ref": "1920, Francis Sales Betten, The Roman Index of Forbidden Books",
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          "text": "1659, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. LUKE, Chapter 14, verse 3, p. 238,\nAnd Jesus […] by way of prevention asked a question of the Doctors of the law and Pharisees that were present, saying, Is the working of a cure on a sick man a thing forbidden, and so unlawfull to be done upon a sabbath day?"
        }
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "manʕ",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "مَنْع"
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      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "կանխարգելում"
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        "neuter"
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      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
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      "word": "попречване"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prevenció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "預防"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùfáng",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "预防"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "preventie"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "ennaltaehkäisy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "ennaltaehkäiseminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "ehkäisy"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "ehkäiseminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "torjunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "torjuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prévention"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Prävention"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prólipsi",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόληψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotropí",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποτροπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "megelőzés"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よぼう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yobō",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "予防"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aldyn alu",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "алдын алу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yebang",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "예방"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Väabieejunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "prewencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zapobieganie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "prevenção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "preîntâmpinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "prevenire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predotvraščénije",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предотвраще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "prevencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "preveniranje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "predupređivanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "predohrana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "prevención"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nivāraṇamu",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "word": "నివారణము"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapobihannja",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "запобігання"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "poperedžennja",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "попередження"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "The act of preventing or hindering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neologism"
      ],
      "word": "espaitchance"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "profilaktika",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "профилактика"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "word": "prévention"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "word": "prevenzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Väabieejunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "word": "prevenção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profiláktika",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "профила́ктика"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Measure to limit health risks",
      "word": "prevención"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The act of going, or state of being, before",
      "word": "prevenire"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očakvane",
      "sense": "Anticipation",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "очакване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Anticipation",
      "word": "anticipare"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Anticipation",
      "word": "anticipacija"
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    "Preventive healthcare"
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}

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