Precaution
[prɪ'kɔːʃ(ə)n] or [prɪ'kɔʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; 'he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution'; 'an insurance policy is a good safeguard'; 'we let our guard down'.
(noun.) the trait of practicing caution in advance.
Checker: Uriah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
(n.) A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
(v. t.) To warn or caution beforehand.
(v. t.) To take precaution against.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Forethought, timely care.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Forethought, provision, premunition, anticipation, prearrangement, care,providence
ANT:Carelessness, thoughtlessness, improvidence
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Definition
n. caution or care beforehand: a preventive measure: something done beforehand to ward off evil or secure good.—v.t. to warn or advise beforehand.—adjs. Precau′tional Precau′tionary containing or proceeding from precaution: taking precaution.
Editor: Vince
Examples
- But further precaution was still due to the sweat of this honest fellow's brow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Margaret might be assured he would take every precaution against being tracked by Leonards. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And issuing from my asylum with precaution, I sought a back-stairs which conducted directly to the kitchen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I don't,' said Mr Wegg, bestirring himself to take the same precaution as before, 'I don't know why Silas, and I don't know why Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yet, safe as it was, we determined to neglect no precaution, and to make our attack suddenly by night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Every precaution is necessary when dealing with such a fellow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A night or two later he again went along the vale to Alderworth, taking the precaution of keeping out of any path. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On leaving the office the first precaution to be observed was to abstain from attracting attention by stopping to look about me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A letter addressed to Pesca represented the surest measure of precaution which it was now possible for me to take. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Every precaution was taken to guard the favorite. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The only further precaution which he could have taken, and which he could not foresee, would have been to have different men to execute them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Greater precaution than this cannot be imagined, illustrating as it does, that no effort has been spared to protect the lives of the operators. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was also high time to send for Louis, and adopt the precaution of fumigating the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With precaution, said Mrs. Jellyby. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- With such precautions we cannot very well be surprised. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I argued that you would not take such precautions unless you had some danger to fear. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am well prepared, but there are precautions to be taken, that could not be taken until he was actually summoned before the Tribunal. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But he should take warning, sir, and use precautions too, interposed Mr. Sweeting; and I think he would if he heard what I heard the other day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The following general precautions are worth observing:-- 1. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Whether, in spite of all precautions, any idle story-book can have got into the house? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I hope you observed all precautions, Mrs. Hudson? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- These precautions well understood by both of us, I went home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- No special precautions were taken to insulate the rails from the earth or from each other. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Well, if you don't mean to be won by the sirens, you are right to take precautions in time. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Carrying no pack and taking his precautions, in three hours with luck. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He must go to bed immediately, must have a regular nurse, and various appliances and precautions must be used, about which Lydgate was particular. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But my good fellow, even an innocent man must take ordinary precautions to defend himself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You may be sure that I took some precautions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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