preventable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled preventible

US /prɪˈvɛntəbəl/ UK /prɪˈvɛntəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being stopped or kept from happening

Many of these accidents were entirely preventable with basic precautions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being stopped or... avoidablepreventiblestoppableavertableescapable

Opposites

unpreventableinevitable unavoidable inescapable

Word family

Derived forms preventablypreventabilitypreventableness

Related forms prevent prevention preventive

Etymology

From prevent (from Latin praevenire 'to come before, anticipate, hinder', from prae- 'before' + venire 'to come') + the suffix -able.

praevenire Latin venire Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# preventable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /prɪˈvɛntəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /prɪˈvɛntəbəl/

## Meanings
1. capable of being stopped or kept from happening

## Examples
- Many of these accidents were entirely preventable with basic precautions.

## Synonyms
- avoidable
- preventible
- stoppable
- avertable
- escapable

## Antonyms
- unpreventable
- inevitable
- unavoidable
- inescapable

## Derived Forms
- preventably
- preventability
- preventableness

## Related Forms
- prevent
- prevention
- preventive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praevenire
- Root: venire

## Etymology
From prevent (from Latin praevenire 'to come before, anticipate, hinder', from prae- 'before' + venire 'to come') + the suffix -able.

## AI Etymology
Preventable is from prevent (from Latin praevenire 'to come before, anticipate, hinder', from prae- 'before' + venire 'to come') + the suffix -able. Important recorded forms include praevenire (Latin) and venire (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers capable of being stopped or kept from happening. The wider family includes derived forms such as preventably, preventability, and preventableness and related words such as prevent, prevention, and preventive.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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