Precaution is an English word with synonyms like caution or safeguard. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Precaution in a sentence
Related words
Precaution meaning
- Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.
- A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
Synonyms of Precaution
Using Precaution
- The main meaning on this page is: Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good. | A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
- Useful related words include: caution, safeguard, guard, measure.
- In the example corpus, precaution often appears in combinations such as: as precaution, precaution against, safety precaution.
Context around Precaution
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Precaution
- In this selection, "precaution" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, safety, extra, normal, following, educational and memphis stand out and add context to how "precaution" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a precaution and a safety precaution. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "precaution" sits close to words such as assassin, chamisa and coating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with precaution
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Police said he was hospitalised as a precaution. (8 words)
A major highway along the coast has also been closed as a precaution. (13 words)
Gale warnings were issued along the coast with Rizzuto advising boaters to take extra precaution. (15 words)
An easyJet spokesman said: “easyJet can confirm that flight EJU7259 from Palma to Edinburgh this morning was met by emergency services on arrival in Edinburgh as a precaution only due to a technical issue. (34 words)
As India confirmed its first two deaths due to the H3N2 influenza virus on Friday, experts called for increased monitoring and precaution measures but also reassured that there is no need to panic yet. (34 words)
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Marine Fisheries and the Oak Bluffs Shellfish Department were subsequently informed of the situation, soon triggering a closure for all shellfishing as a public safety precaution. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
All boat operations from Bournemouth Pier have been suspended "as a precaution" following the deaths of two children.
A major highway along the coast has also been closed as a precaution.
An easyJet spokesman said: “easyJet can confirm that flight EJU7259 from Palma to Edinburgh this morning was met by emergency services on arrival in Edinburgh as a precaution only due to a technical issue.
As a precaution, educational facilities were closed on Tuesday in the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, and Palwal.
As a precaution, Memphis area schools cancelled all after-class activities and postponed a school event scheduled for Saturday morning.
As India confirmed its first two deaths due to the H3N2 influenza virus on Friday, experts called for increased monitoring and precaution measures but also reassured that there is no need to panic yet.
A speed restriction of 50kph was put in place across the entire Irish Rail network as a precaution on Monday morning.
Fire service spokesman said three people were rescued while the third floor of the building was evacuated as a precaution.
Freeman-Wilson said it's possible that the building will need to be partially demolished as a safety precaution.
Gale warnings were issued along the coast with Rizzuto advising boaters to take extra precaution.
Given the power of generative AI, we need to take every precaution to ensure its safe application in medicine – where what’s at stake are people’s lives.
He was taken to hospital “as a precaution”, but was in “a decent way” after the match according to Peters.
Hobbs didn’t run as a precaution after feeling pain in her knee while warming up for the final, her agency said.
It appears that Rashford's withdrawal was merely a precaution but nevertheless it is hardly a great start to Man United's preparations for the big day.
I would also consider situations where someone holding a real gun ignores every single normal precaution about muzzle awareness and trigger discipline to fall in that category.
Last month China and Russia carried out a joint air patrol over the Seas of Japan and East China, which prompted South Korea to deploy fighter jets as a precaution.
Late Monday, health authorities started to partially evacuate a hospital on the outskirts of Alexandroupolis as a precaution.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Marine Fisheries and the Oak Bluffs Shellfish Department were subsequently informed of the situation, soon triggering a closure for all shellfishing as a public safety precaution.
Paramedics were sent to the scene as a precaution, and an accident report was taken, the sheriff’s department reported.
Police said he was hospitalised as a precaution.
Common combinations with precaution
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as precaution 131×
- precaution against 18×
- safety precaution 15×
- precaution and 13×
- every precaution 12×
- precaution to 12×
- precaution but 8×
- precaution the 8×
- precaution when 5×
- precaution on 4×