Another word for warning
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Noun
Advice to beware, as of a person or thing
- A warning or intimation of something imminent, especially of impending danger.
- Cautionary advice or counsel; an admonition.
- A formal order from a bishop or ecclesiastical court to refrain from a specified offense.
- A warning or caution:
- A qualification or explanation.
- A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.
- Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm.
- Close attention or vigilance to minimize risk:
- Prudence or restraint in action or decision:
- Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.
- Cautionary advice or warning.
- A reprimand or rebuke. The act of admonishing.
An instance that warns or discourages prospective imitators
- Something to be learned:
- A period of instruction; a class.
- An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.
- One that is representative of a group as a whole:
- One serving as a pattern of a specific kind:
- A similar case that constitutes a model or precedent:
A signal that warns of imminent danger
- An alarm sounded on a bell.
- A bell used to sound an alarm.
- A warning; an omen.
- Vigilantly attentive; watchful:
- Mentally responsive and perceptive; quick.
- Brisk or lively in action:
- A warning or alarm, especially a call to arms.
- Sudden fear or concern caused by the realization of danger or an impending setback.
- A warning of existing or approaching danger:
- A device that is used to warn of danger by means of a sound or signal:
Adjective
Giving warning
- Conveying an admonition or a warning:
- A letter of admonition, such as one from a bishop or ecclesiastical court.
- Giving or serving as a warning; admonitory:
- Expressing admonition.
- Present participle of admonish.
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Another word for warning
Noun
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- (idiomatic) alternative form of writing on the wall A divine prediction or sentence to fate.
- The letters that are represented by the Morse code signal · · · – – – · · ·, used as an international distress signal, especially by ships and aircraft.
- A call or signal for help.
- A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information.
- An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability:
- (idiomatic) A piece of advice.
- (idiomatic) Used to emphasis following as a piece of significant advice.
- A prearranged signal intended to warn or inform:
- The act or an instance of exhorting.
- A speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises.
- The act or an instance of enjoining; a command, directive, or order.
- A court order requiring a party to refrain from doing a particular act or to do a particular act.
- An indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication.
- A message communicated by such means.
- Something that incites action:
- The act of predicting.
- Something foretold or predicted; a prophecy.
- An international signal used by a distressed ship or aircraft to request help.
- One that is representative of a group as a whole:
- One serving as a pattern of a specific kind:
- A similar case that constitutes a model or precedent:
- Knowledge or facts learned, especially about a certain subject or event.
- The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge:
- Processed, stored, or transmitted data.
- Something to be learned:
- A period of instruction; a class.
- An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.
- A slight indication or intimation:
- A brief or indirect suggestion; a tip:
- A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue:
- Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign:
- Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity:
- A specific instance of a phenomenon or a class of things, as of a linguistic feature in a sample of a person's speech, that can be isolated for study or analysis.
- The act of indicating:
- Something that serves to indicate; a sign:
- Something indicated as necessary or expedient:
- Sudden fear or concern caused by the realization of danger or an impending setback.
- A warning of existing or approaching danger:
- A device that is used to warn of danger by means of a sound or signal:
- Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality:
- An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command:
- Sign language.
- The act or an instance of notifying.
- Something, such as a letter, by which notice is given.
- A presentiment of the future; a foreboding.
- A warning in advance; a forewarning.
- the act of intimating
- a formal announcement or declaration
- a hint; indirect suggestion
- Vigilantly attentive; watchful:
- Mentally responsive and perceptive; quick.
- Brisk or lively in action:
- A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign.
- Prognostication; portent:
- To be a prophetic sign of; portend.
- An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
- Prophetic or threatening significance:
- Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.
- A warning or alarm, especially a call to arms.
- Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel.
- Information communicated; news:
- The act of noting or observing; perception or attention:
- Respectful attention or consideration:
- A written or printed announcement:
- A warning or caution:
- A qualification or explanation.
- A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.
- Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.
- Cautionary advice or warning.
- Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm.
- Close attention or vigilance to minimize risk:
- Prudence or restraint in action or decision:
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