'Warning' definitions:
Definition of 'warning'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
noun
A message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode"
noun
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]
noun
Notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"
Definition of 'Warning'
From: GCIDE
- 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. ????.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. --Acts x. 22. [1913 Webster]
- Who is it that hath warned us to the walls? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To ward off. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Warning'
From: GCIDE
- Warning \Warn"ing\, a. Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice. [1913 Webster]
- That warning timepiece never ceased. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Warning piece, Warning wheel (Horol.), a piece or wheel which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Warning'
From: GCIDE
- Warning \Warn"ing\, n.
- 1. Previous notice. "At a month's warning." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- A great journey to take upon so short a warning. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition. [1913 Webster]
- Could warning make the world more just or wise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'warning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonishing,
- admonition,
- admonitory,
- advice,
- advising,
- advisory,
- advocacy,
- alerting,
- augural,
- blackmail,
- briefing,
- bulldozing,
- call,
- call for,
- caution,
- cautionary,
- cautioning,
- caveat,
- claim,
- clue,
- commination,
- consultation,
- consultative,
- consultatory,
- contribution,
- council,
- counsel,
- cue,
- demand,
- demand for,
- denunciation,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- deterrent,
- didactic,
- direction,
- directive,
- draft,
- drain,
- duty,
- empty threat,
- exaction,
- exemplary,
- exhortation,
- exhortative,
- exhortatory,
- expostulation,
- expostulative,
- expostulatory,
- extortion,
- extortionate demand,
- foreboding,
- forerunning,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshowing,
- foretokening,
- forewarning,
- frightening off,
- guidance,
- heavy demand,
- heavy with meaning,
- hint,
- hortation,
- hortative,
- hortatory,
- idea,
- idle threat,
- imminence,
- implied threat,
- imposition,
- impost,
- indent,
- indicative,
- insistent demand,
- instruction,
- instructive,
- intimidation,
- intuitive,
- levy,
- meaningful,
- menace,
- monition,
- monitorial,
- monitory,
- moralistic,
- nonnegotiable demand,
- notice,
- notificational,
- notifying,
- office,
- opinion,
- order,
- parley,
- passing word,
- pointer,
- preachy,
- precursive,
- precursory,
- predictive,
- prefigurative,
- preindicative,
- premonitory,
- presageful,
- presaging,
- prognostic,
- prognosticative,
- promise of harm,
- proposal,
- recommendation,
- recommendatory,
- remonstrance,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrative,
- remonstratory,
- requirement,
- requisition,
- rush,
- rush order,
- sententious,
- significant,
- steer,
- suggestion,
- sword of Damocles,
- talking out of,
- tax,
- taxing,
- thought,
- threat,
- threateningness,
- threatfulness,
- tip,
- tip-off,
- tribute,
- ultimatum,
- whisper