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Definition of Precaution
1. Noun. A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.. "We let our guard down"
Generic synonyms: Measure, Step
Specialized synonyms: Backstop, Security, Security Measures
Derivative terms: Precautionary, Safeguard
2. Noun. The trait of practicing caution in advance.
3. Noun. Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger. "He handled the vase with care"
Definition of Precaution
1. n. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
2. v. t. To warn or caution beforehand.
Definition of Precaution
1. Noun. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. ¹
2. Noun. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against risks of accident. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) : To warn or caution beforehand. --Locke. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive rare): To take precaution against. --John Dryden. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Precaution
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precaution
Literary usage of Precaution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... sures of precaution, could be deduced from transaction* which preceded that
encounter." To this Mr. Madison replied in a long letter, dated March 5, ..."
2. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... sines of precaution, could be deduced from transactions which preceded that
encounter." To this Mr. Madison replied in a long letter, dated March 5, ..."
3. A History of the United States of America: On a Plan Adapted to the Capacity by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1833)
"The greatest precaution was taken by Governor Gage, to present the intelligence
of this ... But the precaution proved ineffectual. The alarm was given, ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... precaution to submit it to the vice-chancellor for approval before preaching.
The Wesleys, with Ingham and Charles Delamotte (1714-1790), ..."
5. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"By THE AUTHOR OF ' precaution.' New York. Charles Wiley. 1823. 2 vols. 12mo. 2.
The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. ..."
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