'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'

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