preventative measure

collocation in English

meaningsofpreventiveandmeasure

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preventive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈven.tɪv/us
/prɪˈven.t̬ɪv/
intended to stop something before ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofpreventiveandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is strictly apreventativemeasure.
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If testing could predict risk of spontaneous preterm birth among these women, intervention such as cervical cerclage may be more appropriately targeted as apreventativemeasure.
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Carter et al.33 usefully looked at three elements involved in the implementation of apreventativemeasure: the patient, the physician and the health care system.
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In our view, a banning order, for example, is apreventativemeasureand is not penal in nature.
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Last year, a large group of young people were arrested as apreventativemeasure, the idea being that they might cause trouble.
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Antibiotics are used as apreventativemeasure, not a curative measure, in fish farming.
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Companies and competent national public authorities should carry out this control and certification as apreventativemeasure.
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Encouraging young people to go to the dentist is the bestpreventativemeasurepossible.
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I firmly believe that a free family planning service is an essentialpreventativemeasurewhich contributes to the avoidance of unwanted pregnancies.
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Thorough cleaning of infected wards is an importantpreventativemeasure.
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The legislation is partly designed as apreventativemeasure.
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Therefore, a call for vigilance accompanied by information on the associated penalties is apreventativemeasurethat we should not ignore.
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I was myself tried as an experiment 25 years ago for apreventativemeasureof curing silicosis in a certain coalfield.
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Apreventativemeasurethat is equally fundamental, however, is to reinforce and professionalise cooperation and the exchange of information between national bodies when international matches take place.
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Punishment for long past sins is not a legitimate basis for imposing a forward-lookingpreventativemeasurethat has already served its purpose.
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As apreventativemeasure, such products may be rubbed onto the affected area as needed (often every other day) to prevent dry skin.
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The doubling up of walls and ceilings was apreventativemeasuremeant to stop the walls from collapsing in the event of a direct hit.
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Because the transmission is non-persistent, pesticides do not provide effective control of the virus unless used as apreventativemeasureto reduce aphid populations.
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The defensive line is particularly vulnerable on the edges around the wings, therefore the best defensive measure in this case is apreventativemeasure.
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Public hearings are designed to act as apreventativemeasureagainst corruption.
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