preventions
Saypri-VEN-shuhnz/pɹɪˈvɛnʃənz/
- 1Plural of prevention.
Note
A plural that turns prevention from an act into a set of things to count. It fits best where the word names a measure: vaccinations, early diagnosis and information campaigns are separate preventions that can be listed, costed and compared. In the sense of precaution or forethought, the plural works the same way, naming individual safeguards rather than the general habit of guarding against risk.
preventions is a form of prevention
prevention, noun: The act of stopping something from happening, or of blocking an action, access, or approach. Full entry
- Forms
- preventionpreventions plural
- Spelling
- prevention → preventions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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