warning

adjective

  1. 1

    serving to warn

    shook a monitory finger at him

    an exemplary jail sentence

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    notification of something, usually in advance

    they gave little warning of their arrival

    she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin

  3. 3

    a message informing of danger

    a warning that still more bombs could explode

Synonyms

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