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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a message informing of danger;
- Example: "a warning that still more bombs could explode"

2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness);
- Example: "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"
- Example: "the warning was to beware of surprises"
- Example: "his final word of advice was not to play with matches"
[syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice]

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


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to warn;
- Example: "shook a monitory finger at him"
- Example: "an exemplary jail sentence"
[syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warning \Warn"ing\, a.
   Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a
   warning voice.
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         That warning timepiece never ceased.     --Longfellow.
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   Warning piece, Warning wheel (Horol.), a piece or wheel
      which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warning \Warn"ing\, n.
   1. Previous notice. "At a month's warning." --Dryden.
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            A great journey to take upon so short a warning.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
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   2. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil
      practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.
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            Could warning make the world more just or wise.
                                                  --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warn \Warn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warned; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Warning.] [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. ????.]
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   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.
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            Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by
            an holy angel to send for thee.       --Acts x. 22.
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            Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak.
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   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.
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   3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

warning
    adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
           exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory,
           cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
    n 1: a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more
         bombs could explode"
    2: 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" [syn: admonition, monition, warning,
       word of advice]
    3: notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave
       little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four
       days' warning before leaving Berlin"