Warning
31warning — warningly, adv. /wawr ning/, n. 1. the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns. 2. something that serves to warn, give notice, or caution: We fired a warning at the intruders. 3. Meteorol …
32warning — A pointing out of danger. Also a protest against incurring it. The purpose of a warning is to apprise a party of the existence of danger of which he is not aware to enable him to protect himself against it, and where the party is aware of the… …
33Warning — 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.… …
34warning — 1. noun a) The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone. The boss gave him a warning that he would be fired if he did not desist from his behaviour. b) Something spoken or written that is intended to warn. 2. interjection Used to… …
35warning — An advising of danger. Recommending caution. A notice of town meetings. 52 Am J1st Towns § 13. A railroad crossing is, itself, a place of danger, and is an effectual warning of danger, a warning which must always be heeded. Koch v Southern… …
36warning — obsolete a notice of termination of employment Usually, but not always, given by the employer to the employee: If respectable young girls are set picking grass out of your gravel, in place of their proper work, they will give warning …
37warning — n 1. caution, admonition, monition, advice, counsel; expostulation, remonstration. 2. omen, portent, sign, indication, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall; augury,… …
38warning — warn•ing [[t]ˈwɔr nɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act or utterance of one who warns; the appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns 2) something that serves to warn, give notice, or caution: We fired a warning at the devils[/ex] 3) serving to warn or… …
39warning — /ˈwɔnɪŋ/ (say wawning) noun 1. the act of warning, giving notice, or cautioning. 2. something serving to warn, give notice, or caution. –adjective 3. that warns. {defs 1 and 2 (noun) warn + ing1; def. 3 (adjective) warn + ing2} –warningly …
40warning — A o ana. Siren warning of disaster, oeoe ha ina pōpilikia …
