English-French translations for prevention

• prévention
  Nous devons prendre la prévention au sérieux. We must take prevention seriously.
  Associez prévention et traitement. Combine prevention and treatment.
  Et puis, il y a la prévention. And then, there is prevention.

Definition of prevention

• The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting
• Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc
• The act of going, or state of being, before
• Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
• precaution; forethought

Examples

• a fire prevention campaign

Related words

• prevention is better than cure
• prevention principle
• an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
• fire prevention
• waste prevention
• drug prevention