prevalence | (noun) the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread | - |
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(noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: preponderance |
(noun) (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population | - |
prevarication | (noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | Synonyms: fabrication, lying |
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(noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: equivocation, evasiveness |
(noun) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | Synonyms: lie |
prevaricator | (noun) a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly | Synonyms: liar |
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preventative | (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic |
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(noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventive, prophylactic device |
(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventive |
prevention | (noun) the act of preventing | Synonyms: bar |
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preventive | (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic |
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(noun) an agent or device intended to prevent conception | Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, prophylactic device |
(noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative |
preventiveness | (noun) The property of preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to something. | - |
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preview | (noun) a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public | - |
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(noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: prevue, trailer |
prevision | (noun) the power to foresee the future | Synonyms: prescience |
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(noun) a prophetic vision (as in a dream) | - |
(noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, foresight, prospicience |
(noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: anticipation, prediction |
prevue | (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: preview, trailer |
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