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We found 24 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word preventative: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "preventative" is defined. General (22 matching dictionaries) preventative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] preventative: Collins English Dictionary [home, info] preventative: Vocabulary.com [home, info] preventative: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info] preventative: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info] Preventative, preventative: Wordnik [home, info] preventative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info] preventative: Wiktionary [home, info] preventative: Dictionary.com [home, info] preventative: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] Preventative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info] preventative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info] preventative: Rhymezone [home, info] Preventative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info] PREVENTATIVE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) [home, info] preventative: Free Dictionary [home, info] preventative: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info] preventative: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info] preventative: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info] preventative: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Business (1 matching dictionary) preventative: Legal dictionary [home, info] Computing (1 matching dictionary) preventative: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (preventative) ▸ noun:  remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease ("The doctor recommended several preventatives") ▸ noun:  an agent or device intended to prevent conception ▸ noun:  any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome ▸ adjective:  tending to prevent or hinder ▸ adjective:  preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease