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US
/pɹɪˈkɔʃənɛɹi/
]
[ UK /pɹɪkˈɔːʃənəɹi/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪkˈɔːʃənəɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
I would take precautionary steps to keep him away
gave precautionary advice
How To Use precautionary In A Sentence
- Bob Miller, the Kings' play-by-play announcer since 1973 and a Hockey Hall of Fame media honoree, is scheduled to undergo what he called a precautionary surgical procedure on Latimes.com - News
- However, the commission also subsumes the precautionary principle under a broader framework of risk analysis.
- There is the danger that the precautionary principle causes its own harm.
- The Scottish winger had a precautionary scan last night. The Sun
- The precautionary motive. Unforeseen circumstances can arise, such as a car breakdown.
- He has surprisingly done everything the unilateralist screamers assured us he would not do; namely, take every precautionary step the UN has asked him to take.
- But while the research is taking place, the Department of Health is reiterating its precautionary advice on the use of mobile phones.
- Another nine were taken down for testing or as a precautionary measure. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘Of course, we understand Dublin's desire to take precautionary measures,’ a British spokesman said.
- Such a threat is likely to come from overseas rather than domestically, but precautionary steps are being taken internationally and in the US. Times, Sunday Times
