PREVENTIVE Meaning of PREVENTIVE in English adj.Preventive is used with these nouns: ↑ action , ↑ care , ↑ detention , ↑ diplomacy , ↑ maintenance , ↑ measure , ↑ medicine , ↑ strategy Oxford Collocations English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний . 2012