An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PRECAUTION
precaution, safeguard, guard
(noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; “he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution”; “an insurance policy is a good safeguard”; “we let our guard down”
precaution
(noun) the trait of practicing caution in advance
caution, precaution, care, forethought
(noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; “he exercised caution in opening the door”; “he handled the vase with care”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
precaution (countable and uncountable, plural precautions)
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.
Verb
precaution (third-person singular simple present precautions, present participle precautioning, simple past and past participle precautioned)
(transitive) To warn or caution beforehand.
(transitive, rare) To take precaution against.
Anagrams
• preauction, unoperatic
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cau"tion, n. Etym: [F. précation, L. praecautio, fr. praecavere, praecautum, to guard against beforehand; prae before + cavere be on one's guard. See Pre-, and Caution.]
1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. J. H. Newman.
2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
Pre*cau"tion, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. précautionner.]
1. To warn or caution beforehand. Locke.
2. To take precaution against. [R.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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