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Synonyms for precaution
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pri-kaw-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkɔ ʃən |
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Définition of precaution
Origin :- c.1600, from French précaution (16c.) and directly from Late Latin praecautionem (nominative praecautio) "a safeguarding," from past participle stem of Latin praecavere "to guard against beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + cavere "to be one's own guard" (see caution (n.)). The verb meaning "to warn (someone) in advance" is from c.1700.
- noun carefulness; preventative measure
- (b) What precaution should be taken in the use of flavorings?
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Only she ought to have told him of the precaution she had taken.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- This was a precaution we always took, on account of the craft's being so tender.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Where the forbidden thing is, no precaution can be too great.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Just by way of precaution, however, I'll ask you to wait in here till I'm off.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- No; but it is necessary that every precaution should be taken with it.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Venner's plot showed the reality of the danger and justified the precaution.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- Events proved that my precaution was not altogether useless.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- I took the precaution to subscribe to no other newspaper than the Moniteur.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
- Thus Macquart did not even take the precaution to have the gates shut.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
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