prevention
/prɪˈvɛnʃn
/noun [mass noun]
The action of stopping something from happening or arising: crime prevention the treatment and prevention of AIDS...
- He said police would be working in the community this month to highlight issues such as crime prevention.
- She said officers would have advised the owners on what crime prevention measures they could take.
- She said that it was up to the community to take a greater role in crime prevention.
Phrases
prevention is better than cure (or an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure)
Rhymes
- unfaithfully
- unfaithfulness
- unfaltering
- unfalteringly
- unfamiliar
- unfamiliarity
- unfancied
- unfarmed
- unfashionable
- unfashionableness
- unfashionably
- unfashioned
- unfasten
- unfathered
- unfatherliness
- unfatherly
- unfathomable
- unfathomableness
- unfathomably
- unfathomed
- unfavorable
- unfavorably
- unfavorite
- unfavourable
- unfavourableness