preventive

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more preventivemost preventive

Superlative

preventative

1.
Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
2.
Carried out to deter military aggression.
3.
Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
4.
(obsolete)Going before; preceding.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

preventivespreventative

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

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Đồng nghĩa

prophylactic

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed from praeventīvus. Equivalent to prevent + -ive.