Prevention
Meaning of Prevention
The act of stopping something from happening.
ما معنى كلمة Prevention بالعربي؟
منع أو حماية من حدوث شيء سلبي
🚫🛡️ منع أو حماية من حدوث شيء سلبي؛ إجراء وقائي؛ عملية إيقاف أو تقليل خطر أو ضرر قبل وقوعه 🛡️🚫
قصة GL: الوقاية خير من العلاج - إجراء وقائي، عملية الإيقاف التي اعتمدتها برامج GL لحماية العقول من التدهور المعرفي المبكر 🧠
Synonyms & related words
Prevention in a sentence
Fraud prevention is required.
GL Research studies prevention of cognitive decline.
Genetic Invent markets prevention, not cure.
Genetic G Learning teaches burnout prevention.
Origin of Prevention
From Late Latin praeventio.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, prevention means acting early. Regular practice is preventive.
Prevention audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Prevention" — noun, pronounced /prɪˈvenʃn/, with the stress on "ven".
Narrator: Prevention is the act of stopping something bad from happening.
Narrator: In plain English, it is stopping trouble before it starts.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin praevenire, to come before.
Narrator: A common collocation is "crime prevention", which describes efforts to stop crime.
Narrator: It differs from "cure", because a cure fixes a problem, while prevention avoids it.
Narrator: The proverb "prevention is better than cure" is its most famous use.
Narrator: Healthcare, policing, safety and engineering all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: prevention stops trouble at the start.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why do they say prevention is better than cure?
Speaker B: Because it saves pain! PREVENTION comes from the Latin for coming before.
Speaker A: So avoid the problem entirely?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Fire prevention saves lives", safety. "Vaccines aid disease prevention", health. "The charity works on suicide prevention", support.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Say prevention of something, and the adjective is preventive or preventative.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Precaution is its cousin, avoidance is its twin, and deterrence is the policing alternative, but prevention keeps its protective charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "prevention" in AI prompts — useful for health apps and fraud systems.
Speaker A: How would health apps use it?
Speaker B: Encourage habits.
Prompt: Create a weekly heart disease prevention plan with simple exercise and diet goals.
Speaker A: And fraud systems?
Speaker B: Catch early.
Prompt: Design fraud prevention rules that block card payments from new devices over five hundred pounds.
Speaker A: Could it help schools?
Speaker B: Yes, safety.
Prompt: Write a short bullying prevention guide for primary school staff.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Software.
Prompt: List data loss prevention steps for a small team using cloud storage.
Frequently asked questions about Prevention
What does Prevention mean?
The act of stopping something from happening.
ما معنى كلمة Prevention بالعربي؟
منع أو حماية من حدوث شيء سلبي — 🚫🛡️ منع أو حماية من حدوث شيء سلبي؛ إجراء وقائي؛ عملية إيقاف أو تقليل خطر أو ضرر قبل وقوعه 🛡️🚫
How do you pronounce Prevention?
Prevention is pronounced /prɪˈvenʃn/ and is used as a noun.
How is Prevention used in a sentence?
Fraud prevention is required.
What are synonyms of Prevention?
avoidance, deterrence, precaution, protection, forestalling, averting.