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Warning   /wˈɔrnɪŋ/   Listen
Warning

noun
1.
A message informing of danger.
2.
Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness).  Synonyms: admonition, monition, word of advice.  "The warning was to beware of surprises" , "His final word of advice was not to play with matches"
3.
Notification of something, usually in advance.  "She had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"
adjective
1.
Serving to warn.  Synonyms: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory.  "An exemplary jail sentence"


Warn

verb
1.
Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.  "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"
2.
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.  Synonyms: admonish, discourage, monish.  "I warn you against false assumptions" , "She warned him to be quiet"
3.
Ask to go away.
4.
Notify, usually in advance.



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"Warning" Quotes from Famous Books



... and once he sang the "Ballad of the Mule-Skinner," with what seemed to both terrified passengers an awful warning of their overthrow: ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning
... over—" She did not complete the sentence; instead, as if in a sudden panic over the nearness of unmaidenly revelations, she somewhat breathlessly began all over again: "I guess it must have been a—a warning, or something." ...
— Viola Gwyn • George Barr McCutcheon
... the old church-yard. He dropped off first, and Bessie doffed her gray for sombre habiliments of darker hue. Nor did she long remain behind, loving little soul! leaving her property to Annie Mortimer, and warning her ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 - Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 • Various
... covert, makes it anything but an easy target. Third and last, it is better to eat than any other of our wild birds, with the possible exception of the golden plover. Taking one consideration with another, then, it is not surprising that the first warning cry of "Woodcock over!" from the beaters should be the signal for a sharp and somewhat erratic fusillade along the line, a salvo which the beaters themselves usually honour by crouching out of harm's way, since ...
— Birds in the Calendar • Frederick G. Aflalo
... "Without a word of warning, he fired two shots. I broke open the door instantly, expecting that he had killed Hilda, but he had ended his ...
— A Tar-Heel Baron • Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton


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