Prevention | Mean of prevention in English Dictionary
/prɪˈvɛnʃən/
- Noun
- the act or practice of stopping something bad from happening
- Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
- crime/fire prevention
- (US) an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure = (Brit) prevention is better than cure [=it is better and easier to stop a problem, illness, etc., from happening than to stop or correct it after it has started]
