Prevention : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Prevention	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Prevention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prevention n the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" Synonym(s): prevention, bar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]vention.] 1. The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.] The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. --Bacon. 2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] --Hammond. Shak. 3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. --South. Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. --Shak. 4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] --Dryden.