"precaution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹiːˈkɔːʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/ [General-American], /pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃən/ [cot-caught-merger], [pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃn̩] [cot-caught-merger], /pɹɪˈkɑ.ʃən/ [cot-caught-merger], [pɹɪˈkɑ.ʃn̩] [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-precaution.ogg Forms: precautions [plural]
Etymology: From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|précaution}} French précaution, {{uder|en|la|praecautio}} Latin praecautio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} precaution (countable and uncountable, plural precautions)
  1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Previous caution or care): ehtiyat (Azerbaijani), предпазливост (predpazlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), внимание (vnimanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 防範 (Chinese Mandarin), 防范 (fángfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 預防 (Chinese Mandarin), 预防 (yùfáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 用心 (yòngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), précaution [feminine] (French), Vorsorge [feminine] (German), 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns) [masculine] (Gothic), langkah pencegahan (Indonesian), 予防 (yobō) (alt: よぼう) (Japanese), 用心 (yōjin) (alt: ようじん) (Japanese), provisio (Latin), provisio [feminine] (Latin), sikkerhetsforanstaltning (Norwegian), احتیاط (ehtiyât) (Persian), Väasecht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), предосторо́жность (predostoróžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), предусмотри́тельность (predusmotrítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), försiktighetsåtgärd [common-gender] (Swedish), säkerhetsåtgärd [common-gender] (Swedish), önlem (Turkish)
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  2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success): ehtiyat (Azerbaijani), ehtiyat tədbiri (Azerbaijani), предпазна мярка (predpazna mjarka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), voorzorg (Dutch), voorzorgsmaatregel (Dutch), antaŭrimedo (Esperanto), varotoimi (Finnish), varokeino (Finnish), varotoimenpide (Finnish), Vorsichtsmaßnahme [feminine] (German), provisio [feminine] (Latin), whakatūpato (Maori), forholdsregel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sikkerhetsforanstaltning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forholdsregel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اقدام احتیاطی (eqdâm-e ehtiyâti) (Persian), Väasecht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), предосторо́жность (predostoróžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
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Derived forms: precautionary Related terms: prevention

Verb

IPA: /pɹiːˈkɔːʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/ [General-American], /pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃən/ [cot-caught-merger], [pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃn̩] [cot-caught-merger], /pɹɪˈkɑ.ʃən/ [cot-caught-merger], [pɹɪˈkɑ.ʃn̩] [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-precaution.ogg Forms: precautions [present, singular, third-person], precautioning [participle, present], precautioned [participle, past], precautioned [past]
Etymology: From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|précaution}} French précaution, {{uder|en|la|praecautio}} Latin praecautio Head templates: {{en-verb}} precaution (third-person singular simple present precautions, present participle precautioning, simple past and past participle precautioned)
  1. (transitive) To warn or caution beforehand. Tags: transitive Translations (To warn or caution beforehand): предпазвам (predpazvam) (Bulgarian), whakatūpato (Maori)
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  2. (transitive, rare) To take precaution against. Tags: rare, transitive Translations (To take precaution against): взимам мерки (vzimam merki) (Bulgarian), ryhtyä varotoimenpiteisiin (Finnish)
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