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noun
1.
a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
2.
caution employed beforehand; prudent foresight.
verb (used with object)
3.
to forewarn; put on guard.
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Precaution
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Example Sentences
- It had been installed as a safety precaution against prowling monsters.
- But the worker is worker there without any precaution to this hazards.
- It was also announced that other people who work on that floor would be treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
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Word Origin & History
precaution
1603, from Fr. précaution (16c.), from L.L. præcautionem (nom. præcautio), from L. præcautus, pp. of præcavere "to guard against beforehand," from præ + cavere "to be one's own guard" (see caution).
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