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 Definitions of warning  [ˈwɔr nɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'warning' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) warning
the act or utterance of one who warns; the appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.

2.  warning
something that serves to warn, give notice, or caution:
We fired a warning at the devils.

3. (adj.) warning
serving to warn or caution.

Etymology:  (bef. 900)

Definition of 'warning' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) warning
a message informing of danger
"a warning that still more bombs could explode"

2. (noun) admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
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"

3. (adj) warning
notification of something, usually in advance
"they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

4. (adj) admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)
serving to warn
"shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"


Definition of 'warning' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) warning
the act of warning, or the words used to warn
a flood/tornado/bomb warning; She received a warning from the police to slow down.


Definition of 'warning' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) warning
giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice

2. (noun) warning
previous notice

3. (noun) warning
caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition

4.  warning
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Definition of 'warning' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  warning
1. A communication and acknowledgment of dangers implicit in a wide spectrum of activities by potential opponents ranging from routine defense measures to substantial increases in readiness and force preparedness and to acts of terrorism or political, economic, or military provocation. 2. Operating procedures, practices, or conditions that may result in injury or death if not carefully observed or followed.


Translation of 'warning' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an event, or something said or done, that warns
He gave her a warning against driving too fast; His heart attack will be a warning to him not to work so hard.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waarskuwing Arabic flag Arabic: تَحْذير، تَنْبيه، إنْذار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: предупреждение
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aviso Czech flag Czech: varování German flag German: die Warnung
Danish flag Danish: advarsel Greek flag Greek: προειδοποίηση Spanish flag Spanish: advertencia, aviso
Estonian flag Estonian: hoiatus Farsi flag Farsi: اطلاع Finnish flag Finnish: varoitus
French flag French: avertissement Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַזהָרָה Hindi flag Hindi: चेतावनी
Croatian flag Croatian: upozorenje Hungarian flag Hungarian: figyelmeztetés Indonesian flag Indonesian: peringatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: aðvörun Italian flag Italian: avvertimento Japanese flag Japanese: 警告
Korean flag Korean: 경고 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: perspėjimas Latvian flag Latvian: brīdinājums
Malay flag Malay: peringatan Dutch flag Dutch: waarschuwing Norwegian flag Norwegian: advarsel
Polish flag Polish: ostrzeżenie, przestroga Portuguese flag Portuguese: aviso Romanian flag Romanian: avertisment
Russian flag Russian: предостережение; сигнал Slovak flag Slovak: varovanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: opozorilo
Serbian flag Serbian: upozorenje Swedish flag Swedish: varning Thai flag Thai: คำเตือน
Turkish flag Turkish: uyarı, ikaz Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 警告 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: попередження, застереженн
Urdu flag Urdu: تنبیہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự cảnh báo Chinese flag Chinese: 警告

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