{
    "term": "prevention",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the act of stopping something bad from happening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**accident/crime prevention**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the prevention of disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fire prevention officer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a diabetes prevention programme"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accident", "crime", "disease"],
                "prevention + noun": ["efforts", "measures", "programme/​program"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Prevention is better than cure, so start looking after your heart now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prevention is better than cure, so start taking care of yourself."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈvenʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prevention/prevention__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈvenʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prevention/prevention__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}