preventative
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]preventative (comparative more preventative, superlative most preventative)
- Alternative form of preventive
- 1920, Lillien Jane Martin, Mental hygiene: two years' experience of a clinical psychologist, Warwick &York (1920), p. 78,
- "That part of mental hygiene which has a prophylactic character falls into two classes, group preventative mental hygiene […]"
- 1968, G. Anthony Wedge, N. A. P.: New American Party, Geddes Press Printers (1968), p. 155,
- "Preventative defense comes in two flavors […]"
- 2006, Robert Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Repairing & Upgrading Your PC, O'Reilly (2006), p. 70,
- "The goals of preventative maintenance are to reduce the likelihood of hardware failures, […]"
- 1920, Lillien Jane Martin, Mental hygiene: two years' experience of a clinical psychologist, Warwick &York (1920), p. 78,
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]preventative (plural preventatives)
- Alternative form of preventive
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[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- Preventative is in all senses interchangeable with preventive. Even so, many speakers prefer to use preventative in noun senses and preventive in adjective senses.[1]