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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An intimation, threat, or sign of impending danger or evil.
  • n. Advice to beware.
  • n. Counsel to desist from a specified undesirable course of action.
  • n. A cautionary or deterrent example.
  • n. Something, such as a signal, that warns.
  • adj. Acting or serving to warn: a warning light; warning words.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of warn.
  • n. The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
  • n. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
  • interjection. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing.
  • n. Previous notice.
  • n. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Notice beforehand of the consequences that will probably follow continuance in some particular course; admonitory advice to do or to abstain from doing something, as in reference to approaching a probable danger.
  • n. That which warns, or serves to warn or admonish.
  • n. Heed; the lesson taught by or to be learned from a caution given.
  • n. Previous notice: as, a short warning.
  • n. A summons; a call; a bidding.
  • n. A notice given to terminate a business relation, as that of master and servant, employer and employee, landlord and tenant; a notice to quit.
  • In biology, serving as a menace to enemies; of threatening aspect: somewhat specially used of a strikingly conspicuous coloration. See the quotation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. serving to warn
  • n. notification of something, usually in advance
  • n. a message informing of danger
  • n. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    apprisal    notification    telling   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Verb Stem
    warn   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adorning    corning    forewarning    horning    morning    mourning   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    warn    admonition    injunction    advice    prophecy    threat    exhortations    reminder    intimation    entreaty