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preventively

/pɹiˈvɛnɪvli/ adv

In a preventive way

Word Origin Prevent from Latin prae- 'before' and venire 'to come' — literally 'to come before' something, to stop it in advance. Preventively adds -ive and -ly to make it an adverb: 'in a preventive manner.' The root venire gives us event, invent, convene, adventure, and revenue. Prae- also appears in predict, prepare, precede. The idea: acting before something comes.

adv In a preventive way

The doctor advised him to take medication preventively to avoid future heart problems.

(副词) 预防性地

医生建议他预防性地服药，以避免未来的心脏问题。

(adverbio) De manera preventiva

El médico le aconsejó tomar medicamentos preventivamente para evitar futuros problemas cardíacos.

(adverbe) préventivement; de manière préventive; par précaution [De façon préventive ; en vue d'empêcher un événement fâcheux.]

Le médecin lui a conseillé de prendre ce traitement preventively pour éviter de futurs problèmes cardiaques.

(Adverb) vorbeugend; präventiv [**präventiv** – in einer Weise, die darauf abzielt, etwas zu verhindern oder vorzubeugen.]

Der Arzt riet ihm, das Medikament **präventiv** einzunehmen, um zukünftigen Herzproblemen vorzubeugen.

(副詞) 予防的に、予防する方法で

医師は将来の心臓の問題を避けるために予防的に薬を服用するよう彼に勧めた。

(advérbio) preventivamente; profilaticamente [De maneira preventiva.]

O médico o aconselhou a tomar o medicamento preventivamente para evitar problemas cardíacos futuros.

Synonyms: proactively preemptively precautionarily defensively protectively anticipatorily prophylactically preclusively Antonyms: reactively retroactively after the fact subsequently
Word parts: pre + vent + ive + ly

Related words

prevent prevention preventable eventual intervention invention convention venture

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