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See also:Warning

English

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Verb

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warning

  1. presentparticiple ofwarn

Noun

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warning (countable anduncountable,pluralwarnings)

  1. The action of the verbwarn; an instance of warning someone.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      [] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so manywarnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
    • 2008, Laura Hernández-Ehrisman, “Conclusion”, inInventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival in San Antonio,University of New Mexico Press,→ISBN, page194:
      Without muchwarning, a deep voice addressed the crowd, calling for a reverent silence as the Texans who died at the Alamo battle were named.
  2. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
    The boss gave him awarning that he would be fired if he did not desist from his behaviour.
    • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8841, page76:
      Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern governmentwarnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.

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instance of warning someone
something spoken or written that is intended to warn

Interjection

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warning

  1. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

Translations

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warning of danger in signs

Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwarning.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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warning

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)warningletter(Classifier:c; c)

French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishwarning.

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Noun

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warning m (pluralwarnings)

  1. (colloquial)hazard light
    Synonym:feux de détresse

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