- the act of stopping something bad from happening
- accident/crime prevention
- the prevention of disease
- a fire prevention officer
- a diabetes prevention programme
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accident
- crime
- disease
- …
- efforts
- measures
- programme/program
- …
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Idioms
See prevention in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee prevention in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishprevention is better than cure (British English)
(US English an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure)
- (saying) it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened
- Prevention is better than cure, so start looking after your heart now.
- Prevention is better than cure, so start taking care of yourself.
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