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How to spell precaution

Precaution is spelled P-R-E-C-A-U-T-I-O-N.

What it means: A measure taken to prevent harm.

In a sentence: Always wear a helmet as a precaution when riding your bike. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: caution, cautious, cautiously, precautionary, warning. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Precaution” comes from Latin *praecautio*, from *prae-* meaning “before” and *cavere* meaning “to be on one’s guard.” So the word literally means “to be careful before something happens.”

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