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preventive

/prɪˈvɛntɪv/

US pronunciation

American sound/prɪˈvɛntɪv/

prɪˈvɛntɪv

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

prɪ - ˈvɛntɪv -> preventive

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကာကွယ်ရေး။ တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေး။

Full entry

preventive /prÇ'ventÇv/ (also preventative /prÇ'ventǝtÇv/) adj

ကာကွယ်ရေး။ တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေး။ preventive measures/powers ❍ preventative medicine.

More examples

Preventive care/drugs/examinations
[preventive measures] : Water shortages will become acute unless preventive measures are taken now.

Synonyms

defensive, precautionary, deterrent, protective, precaution, preclusive, preemptive, preventive, prophylactic, protection, remedy, safeguard

Antonyms

Cross references

defensive precautionary deterrent protective precaution preclusive preemptive preventive prophylactic protection remedy safeguard injury medicine

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