preventive, preventative

preventive, preventative
   "One way to ease their difficulties, they decided, was to practice preventative medicine" (Economist). Preventative is not incorrect, but preventive is shorter.

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  • preventative — preventive, preventative Both words are in use as adjectives meaning ‘serving to prevent’, especially in medicine, and also as nouns denoting a substance or procedure that does this. Preventive is the commoner by a long way (with four times as… …   Modern English usage

  • preventive — preventive, preventative Both words are in use as adjectives meaning ‘serving to prevent’, especially in medicine, and also as nouns denoting a substance or procedure that does this. Preventive is the commoner by a long way (with four times as… …   Modern English usage

  • preventative — pre|vent|a|tive [prıˈventətıv] adj ↑preventive ▪ preventative measures >preventatively adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • preventative — adjective another form of the word preventive: preventative measures …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • preventive —  , preventative   One way to ease their difficulties, they decided, was to practice preventative medicine (Economist). Preventative is not incorrect, but preventive is shorter …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • preventative — UK US /prɪˈventətɪv/ adjective ► PREVENTIVE(Cf. ↑preventive) …   Financial and business terms

  • preventative — 1650s (adj.), 1774 (n.), from PREVENT (Cf. prevent) + ative. PREVENTIVE (Cf. Preventive) is better formed …   Etymology dictionary

  • preventive — pre‧ven‧tive [prɪˈventɪv] also pre‧ven‧ta‧tive [ ˈventətɪv] adjective [only before a noun] intended to stop something happening: • improvements in auto safety and other preventive measures. * * * preventive UK US /prɪˈventɪv/ adjective [before… …   Financial and business terms

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