"precautionary" meaning in English

See precautionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: precautionary [positive], – [comparative], – [superlative]
Etymology: pre- + caution + -ary precaution + cautionary Etymology templates: {{ety-affix|pre|caution|ary}} pre- + caution + -ary precaution + cautionary Head templates: {{adjective}} [POS TABLE]
  1. What is precautionary is that which is related to or of a precaution.
    Sense id: simple-precautionary-en-adj-S6v~MPo2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with pre-, Terms suffixed with -ary
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