WARNING

admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning

(adjective) serving to warn; “shook a monitory finger at him”; “an exemplary jail sentence”

admonition, monition, warning, word of advice

(noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); “a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality”; “the warning was to beware of surprises”; “his final word of advice was not to play with matches”

warning

(noun) notification of something, usually in advance; “they gave little warning of their arrival”; “she had only had four days’ warning before leaving Berlin”

warning

(noun) a message informing of danger; “a warning that still more bombs could explode”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

warning

present participle of warn

Noun

warning (plural warnings)

The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

Interjection

warning

Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

Proper noun

Warning (plural Warnings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Warning is the 26025^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 942 individuals. Warning is most common among White (94.48%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Warn"ing, a.

Definition: Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice. That warning timepiece never ceased. Longfellow. Warning piece, Warning wheel (Horol.), a piece or wheel which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.

Warn"ing, n.

1. Previous notice. "At a month's warning." Dryden. A great journey to take upon so short a warning. L'Estrange.

2. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition. Could warning make the world more just or wise. Dryden.

WARN

Warn (wasrn), v. t. Etym: [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan. Cf. Warn to admonish.]

Definition: To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

Warn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warned; p. pr. & vb. n. Warning.] Etym: [OE. warnen, warnien, AS. warnian, wearnian, to take heed, to warn; akin to AS. wearn denial, refusal, OS. warning, wernian, to refuse, OHG. warnen, G. warnen to warn, OFries. warna, werna, Icel. varna to refuse; and probably to E. wary.

1. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. "Warned of the ensuing fight." Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. Acts x. 22. Who is it that hath warned us to the walls Shak.

2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. "Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief." Dryden.

3. To ward off. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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