precaution
IPA: prikˈɔʃʌn
noun
- Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good
- A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
verb
- (transitive) To warn or caution beforehand.
- (transitive, rare) To take precaution against.
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Examples of "precaution" in Sentences
- Airline cancels flights as safety precaution.
- The killing of her family was a mere precaution.
- Precautions and warnings are more of the concern.
- That includes the description of his security precautions.
- The only precaution is in obtaining a satisfactory type of silver.
- However, the executives themselves left the premises as a precaution.
- In spite of these precautions, it is always raining of all the sides.
- I was not expecting this as the precautions said it would cause drowsiness.
- All aseptic precautions are to be taken in perpetrating the site of injection.
- It takes a lot of precautions for use, but for some patients, it's a lifesaver.
- Adway lightly unfastened his holster in precaution, trying to remain as calm as he could.
- Another precaution is to always store products in their original containers, says Dr. Muller.
- There are many people in the scientific community who agree that this precaution is necessary.
- Consequently the suggested precaution is hardly mild if we read this opinion broadly (as PatHMV seems to do).
- The reason that I suggest that you take some sort of security precaution is because of the experience that I went through here.
- "I grant that precaution is necessary in dealing with them," Joan agreed; "but I believe that more satisfactory results can be obtained by treating them with discreet kindness and gentleness."
- Tamiflu already has a label precaution about this potential side effect, which drew attention two years ago after reports of 12 deaths and about three dozen neuropsychiatric events in Japan in 2000 to 2005.
- Carefully I covered my rock cisterns with flat stones so that the sun's rays might not evaporate the precious fluid and in precaution against some upspringing of wind in the night and the sudden flying of spray.
- In this connection, the term precaution must not be used as a guise for trade protectionist measures as this would have the effect of casting doubt upon, and even undermining, environmental as well as trade policy objectives.