Is preventative a word? It was always preventive, now I hear preventative, where did this come from?
2006-09-22 05:19:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes it is
2006-09-22 05:20:58 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ady_8e_80♥ 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes it is a word, as in taking preventative measures. To stop something from happening.
2006-09-22 05:21:40 · answer #2 · answered by ada wong 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ever heard of taking preventative measures, to prevent something from happening?
2006-09-22 07:06:28 · answer #3 · answered by belinda f 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The correct word form is "preventive". "Preventative" has weaseled its way into the language through common usage. Trivia: the insertion of an additional useless syllable into a word (e.g., orientated instead of oriented) is called a Hoosierism after the Hoosiers of Indiana.
2006-09-22 05:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by fyrfly 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's just another term for preventive.
2006-09-22 05:23:39 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. Butler ♥2 B♥ 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is in my book, but it is easier to say preventive. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! Sorry, that just came to my feeble mind!
2006-09-22 05:23:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
preventive
adjective [before noun] (ALSO preventative)
intended to stop something before it happens:
In the past 10 years, preventive measures have radically reduced levels of tooth decay in children.
preventative medicine
2006-09-22 05:27:35 · answer #7 · answered by Angelica G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes:
tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive] [ant: permissive] 2: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, prophylactic] n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [syn: preventive, prophylactic] 2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hitch, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference] 3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
2006-09-22 05:23:42 · answer #8 · answered by mr_resistor2003 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes its a word.
for example "Taking vitamins is a good preventative to health problems"
2006-09-22 05:21:04 · answer #9 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about preventatative? Or preventatatative? Just keep putting "ta"s in and if people use it it becomes a new word. It's magic! Or is it magigic?
2014-09-23 11:19:38 · answer #10 · answered by Kenneth 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Both are acceptable spellings/pronunciations for the same thing. Personally, the "ta" version is the one I was taught and the other is the one which is new to me.
2006-09-22 05:24:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋