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preventativedesigned to keep something unwanted from happening

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: designed to keep something unwanted from happening

Pronunciation (IPA): /prɪˈventətɪv/

Korean meaning: 예방하는, 방지하는

Korean pronunciation: 프리**벤**터티브

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother takes so many preventative vitamins, her medicine cabinet looks like a pharmacy.
  • The company implemented preventative cybersecurity measures after the embarrassing incident of the CEO's computer being hacked by his own cat walking on the keyboard.
  • Wearing sunscreen is an important preventative step against skin cancer.

preventative

ADJECTIVE

//prɪˈventətɪv//

designed to keep something unwanted from happening

preventative concept
💡 Concept

designed to keep something unwanted from happening

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preventative rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Don't be tentative - preventative beats any alternative!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/prɪˈventətɪv/
🇬🇧 UK/prɪˈventətɪv/

🌳Etymology

Prefixpre--
Rootvent
Suffix--ative

Origin

라틴어 'praevenire'에서 유래했습니다. 'prae(앞에)'와 'venire(오다)'가 합쳐져서 '앞서 오다', 즉 '미리 막다'라는 의미가 되었습니다. 마치 문제가 오기 전에 미리 가서 막아서는 것과 같은 개념입니다.

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🎵Rhyme

tentativerepresentativealternative
tentative
representative
alternative

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother takes so many preventative vitamins, her medicine cabinet looks like a pharmacy.

😄 Fun example

The company implemented preventative cybersecurity measures after the embarrassing incident of the CEO's computer being hacked by his own cat walking on the keyboard.

Wearing sunscreen is an important preventative step against skin cancer.

The school's preventative anti-bullying program has significantly reduced incidents.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

preventiveprotectiveprophylacticprecautionary

Antonyms

curativereactiveresponsive

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