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
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 26025th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 942 individuals. Warning is most common among White (94.48%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
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