Warning

Definition of Warning

Warn´ing
a.1.Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice.
That warning timepiece never ceased.
- Longfellow.
Warning piece
(Horol.) a piece or wheel which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.
n.1.Previous notice.
A great journey to take upon so short a warning.
- L'Estrange.
2.Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.
Could warning make the world more just or wise.
- Dryden.

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admonishing, admonitory, advising, advisory, advocacy, alerting, augural, blackmail, briefing, bulldozing, call, call for, 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, 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
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