precaution

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

precautions

1.
(countable, uncountable)Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.
his life was saved by precaution
July 2, 1826, John Henry Newman, The Philosophical Temper, First Enjoined by the Gospel The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
to take precautions against risks of accident

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

precautions

V_ing/Gerund

precautioning

V_ed/pp

precautioned

1.
(transitive)To warn or caution beforehand.
2.
(rare, transitive)To take precaution against.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

forecaution

Cùng gốc / liên quan

overprecautionprecautional precautionary prevention

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Nguồn gốc từ

From fr précaution, la praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (to guard against beforehand); prae (before) + cavere (be on one's guard). See pre-, and caution.