prevention

«prevention» in Mova's school dictionary: stopping something bad from happening before it happens — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (prevention — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Prevention means stopping something bad from happening before it happens. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety and health lessons: fire prevention (smoke alarms, not playing with matches), accident prevention, illness prevention (washing hands, vaccines). In science: pollution prevention. Saying: «Prevention is better than cure» — it is easier to stop a problem than to fix it later. Phrases: crime prevention, fire prevention, prevention of, injury prevention.

examples

• Washing your hands is good for illness prevention. tree →
• Fire prevention week teaches us about smoke alarms. tree →
• Prevention is better than cure. tree →
• The helmet is for injury prevention. tree →
• The council spends money on flood prevention. tree →
• Brushing your teeth is tooth decay prevention. tree →

note

Uncountable: «prevention», not «a prevention». Verb: prevent; adjective: preventive or preventative. «Prevention of» something: «the prevention of accidents».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prevention» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.