Usually means: Action taken to avoid harm.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. precautionary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. precautionary: Merriam-Webster
  3. precautionary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. precautionary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. precautionary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. precautionary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Precautionary, precautionary: Wordnik
  8. precautionary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. precautionary: Wiktionary
  10. precautionary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. precautionary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Precautionary, precautionary: Dictionary.com
  13. precautionary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Precautionary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. precautionary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. precautionary: Rhymezone
  17. Precautionary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. precautionary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. precautionary: FreeDictionary.org
  20. precautionary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. precautionary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. precautionary: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A precaution.

Similar:
preventative, precautional, preventive, cautionary, precautious, preëmptory, premonitory, prevenient, prophylactic, premonitional, more...

Types:
seatbelt, airbag, helmet, life jacket, fire extinguisher, fire escape plan, fire alarm, fire hydrant, more...

Phrases:
Precautionary principle, precautionary motive, precautionary demand, precautionary savings, precautionary demand (for money), more...

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Similar:
preventative, precautional, preventive, cautionary, precautious, preëmptory, premonitory, prevenient, prophylactic, premonitional, more...

Types:
seatbelt, airbag, helmet, life jacket, fire extinguisher, fire escape plan, fire alarm, fire hydrant, more...

Phrases:
Precautionary principle, precautionary motive, precautionary demand, precautionary savings, precautionary demand (for money), GHS precautionary statements, precautionary measure, precautionary measures, more...

Colors:
    yellow,     orange,     red,     amber,     lime, more...



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