prevention

pre·ven·tion  (pr-vnshn)

n.

1. The act of preventing or impeding.

2. A hindrance; an obstacle.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prevention - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" bar interference, hinderance, hindrance - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding averting - the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility" debarment - the act of prevention by legal means; "they achieved his debarment from holding public office" disqualification - the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified interception - the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving; "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters"; "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible" non-proliferation, nonproliferation - the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons); "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"; "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals" forestalling, obviation, preclusion - the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively prophylaxis - the prevention of disease save - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

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prevention

noun elimination, safeguard, precaution, anticipation, thwarting, avoidance, deterrence, forestalling, prophylaxis, preclusion, obviation

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1. The security procedures undertaken by the public and private sectors in order to discourage terrorist acts. See alsoantiterrorism.
2. In space usage, measures to preclude anadversary's hostile use of United States or third-party spacesystems and services. Prevention can include diplomatic,economic, and political measures. See also space control.

Translations

prevention [prɪˈvɛnʃən] n → prevención f

prevention [prɪˈvɛnʃən] prevent n → prévention f

prevention [prɪˈvɛnʃən] prevent n → Verhütung f

prevention [prɪˈvɛnʃən] n → prevenzione f