Out of the four policies that were suggested, I think the most effective one would be the "Improvement of Preventive Care and Health Promotion" policy.
Source: tatoeba (278586)
Preventive
//pɹɪˈvɛntɪv//
Synonyms for "preventive" (165 found)
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Strong matches (50)
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Noun(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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10 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
14 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- اِحْتِرَازِيّ adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- رَدْعِيّ adj (carried out to deter military aggression)
- وِقَائِيّ adj (slowing the development of an illness)
Armenian
2 entries- կանխարգելիչ adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- կանխարգելիչ adj (slowing the development of an illness)
Bulgarian
3 entries- превантивен adj (carried out to deter military aggression)
- предпазен adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- профилактичен adj (slowing the development of an illness)
Catalan
3 entries- preventiu adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- preventiu adj (carried out to deter military aggression)
- غارprofilàctic adj (slowing the development of an illness)
Czech
1 entries- preventivní adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Finnish
4 entries- ennaltaehkäisevä adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- ennaltaehkäisevä adj (carried out to deter military aggression)
- ennaltaehkäisevä adj (slowing the development of an illness)
- estävä adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
French
2 entries- préventif adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- préventif adj (slowing the development of an illness)
German
4 entries- präventiv adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- präventiv adj (carried out to deter military aggression)
- präventiv adj (slowing the development of an illness)
- vorbeugend adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Irish
1 entries- toirmeascach adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Japanese
1 entries- 抑止力となる adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forebyggende adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- førebyggjande adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Polish
1 entries- zapobiegawczy adj (slowing the development of an illness)
Spanish
1 entries- preventivo adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Swedish
1 entries- förebyggande adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
Tagalog
2 entries- pang-apula adj (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to)
- pang-apula adj (slowing the development of an illness)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.
Source: tatoeba (324720)
The use of a condom during vaginal, anal, and oral intercourse is the best preventive measure.
Source: tatoeba (3496241)
Insurers are now required to cover a number of recommended preventive services, such as cancer, diabetes and blood pressure screenings, without additional cost sharing such as copays or deductibles.
Source: tatoeba (3651301)
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