preventive

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[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

preventive (comparative more preventive, superlative most preventive)

  1. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
  2. Carried out to deter military aggression.
  3. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.

[edit] Translations

preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to
carried out to deter military aggression
slowing the development of an illness

[edit] Noun

preventive (plural preventives)

  1. (nonstandard) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
  2. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
  3. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Usage notes

  • Preventive is in all senses synonymous with preventative. Many speakers prefer to use preventive in adjective senses and preventative in noun senses.[1]

[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

preventive

  1. Feminine plural form of preventivo
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