"preventative" meaning in English

See preventative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹɪˈvɛntətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-preventative.wav Forms: more preventative [comparative], most preventative [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} preventative (comparative more preventative, superlative most preventative)
  1. Alternative form of preventive Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: preventive Derived forms: preventative maintenance, preventative medicine
    Sense id: en-preventative-en-adj-zB5U-1XP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Noun

IPA: /pɹɪˈvɛntətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-preventative.wav Forms: preventatives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} preventative (plural preventatives)
  1. Alternative form of preventive Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: preventive Synonyms: prophylactic
    Sense id: en-preventative-en-noun-zB5U-1XP

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1920, Lillien Jane Martin, Mental hygiene: two years' experience of a clinical psychologist, Warwick &York (1920), p. 78,\n\"That part of mental hygiene which has a prophylactic character falls into two classes, group preventative mental hygiene […]\""
        },
        {
          "text": "1968, G. Anthony Wedge, N. A. P.: New American Party, Geddes Press Printers (1968), p. 155,\n\"Preventative defense comes in two flavors […]\""
        },
        {
          "text": "2006, Robert Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Repairing & Upgrading Your PC, O'Reilly (2006), p. 70,\n\"The goals of preventative maintenance are to reduce the likelihood of hardware failures, […]\""
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