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Precautionary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a precaution: taking precautionary measures; gave precautionary advice.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution

n. A precaution.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Advising precaution; containing or expressing precaution.

Taking precautions; characterized by previous caution: as, precautionary measures.

n. A precaution; a preliminary measure taken for prudential reasons.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure

Word Usage

"But 69% of toxicologists rejected this precautionary approach to chemical regulation, and only 23% rated Europe's regulatory system, which is based on this precautionary principle, as superior to our own."

Equivalent

preventative preventive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

remedial cautionary expeditious regulative procedural