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1. (adj.) cautionary
serving as a warning.
Etymology: (1590–1600)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cautionary, prophylactic
warding off
"the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
2. (adj) admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)
serving to warn
"shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cautionary
conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals
2. (adj) cautionary
given as a pledge or as security
3. (adj) cautionary
wary; cautious
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Sense: to give a warning to
He was cautioned for drunken driving.
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 Afrikaans: waarskuwend |
 Arabic: تَحْذيري، تَنْبيهِي |
 Bulgarian: предупредителен |
 Brazilian: acautelador |
 Czech: varovný, výstražný |
 German: vorsichtig |
 Danish: advarende; advarsels- |
 Greek: προειδοποιητικός |
 Spanish: aleccionador |
 Estonian: hoiatav |
 Farsi: هشدار آمیز |
 Finnish: varoittava |
 French: d'avertissement |
 Hebrew: מַתרֶה |
 Hindi: सलाह या चेतावनी |
 Croatian: upozorenje |
 Hungarian: figyelmeztető |
 Indonesian: peringatan |
 Icelandic: aðvörunar- |
 Italian: ammonitore |
 Japanese: 警告の |
 Korean: 경계의 |
 Lithuanian: pamokomas,įspėjantis |
 Latvian: brīdinošs |
 Malay: peringatan |
 Dutch: waarschuwend |
 Norwegian: advarende |
 Polish: ostrzegawczy |
 Persian: هشدار آمیز |
 Pashto: اخطار آمیز |
 Portuguese: acautelador |
 Romanian: de avertisment |
 Russian: предупреждающий |
 Slovak: výstražný |
 Slovenian: opozorilen |
 Serbian: opominjući |
 Swedish: varnande, varnings- |
 Thai: ที่ให้คำแนะนำหรือคำเตือน |
 Turkish: uyarıcı, ikaz edici |
 Taiwanese: 告誡的 |
 Ukrainian: попереджувальний, застере |
 Urdu: ہوشیاری، تنبیہی ، چوکسی |
 Vietnamese: để báo trước |
 Chinese: 告诫的 |
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