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# preventable

«preventable» in Mova's school dictionary: **able to be stopped before it happens** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (preventable)

### meaning for a pupil

Preventable means able to be stopped before it happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons it is used about accidents and illnesses: many injuries are preventable with helmets, seatbelts and washing hands. In news and formal reports: «a preventable tragedy». It tells the reader that someone could have stopped the bad thing. Phrases: «preventable disease», «entirely preventable».

### examples

- Most kitchen fires are preventable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x1)
- Tooth decay is preventable if you brush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x2)
- Measles is a preventable disease thanks to vaccines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x3)
- The accident was completely preventable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x4)
- Wearing a helmet makes many head injuries preventable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x5)
- Sunburn is preventable with sunscreen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x6)
- Many falls at home are preventable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x7)
- The doctor said the illness was preventable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/#x8)

### note

Spelling -able (not «preventible»). Opposite: unavoidable, inevitable. Verb: prevent; noun: prevention («prevention is better than cure»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preventable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preventable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.