warning
Roget category 668
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#668.
Warning
noun
warning,
early warning,
caution,
caveat —
notice
etc.
(information)
527 —
premonition,
premonishment† —
prediction
etc.
511 —
contraindication,
lesson,
dehortation† —
admonition,
monition —
alarm
etc.
669.
handwriting on the wall,
mene mene tekel upharsin,
red flag,
yellow flag —
fog-signal,
foghorn —
siren —
monitor,
warning voice,
Cassandra†,
signs of the times,
Mother Cary's chickens†,
stormy petrel,
bird of ill omen,
gathering clouds,
clouds in the horizon,
death watch.
watchtower,
beacon,
signal post —
lighthouse
etc.
(indication of locality)
550.
sentinel,
sentry, ,
watch,
watchman —
watch and ward —
watchdog,
bandog†,
housedog† —
patrol,
patrolman,
vedette†,
picket,
bivouac,
scout,
spy,
spial† —
undercover agent,
mole,
plainclothesman —
advanced guard,
rear guard —
lookout.
cautiousness
etc.
864.
monitor,
guard camera,
radar,
AWACS,
spy satellite,
spy-in-the-sky,
U2 plane,
spy plane.
verb
warn,
caution —
forewarn,
prewarn† —
admonish,
premonish† —
give notice,
give warning,
dehort† —
menace
etc.
(threaten)
909 —
put on one's guard —
sound the alarm
etc.
669 —
croak.
beware,
ware —
take warning,
take heed at one's peril —
keep watch and ward
etc.
(care)
459.
adjective
warning
etc.
v. —
premonitory,
monitory,
cautionary —
admonitory,
admonitive† —
sematic [Biol.].
warned,
forewarned
etc.
v. —
on one's guard
etc.
(careful)
459,
(cautious)
864.
adverb
in terrorem [Lat.]
etc.
(threat)
909.
interjection
beware!,
ware!,
take care!,
look out!,
fore
(golf),
mind what you are about!,
take care what you are about!,
mind!,
phrase
ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort [Fr.],
don't wake a sleeping cat —
foenum habet in cornu [Lat.] —
caveat actor —
le silence du people est la legon des rois [Fr.] —
verbum sat sapienti [Lat.],
a word to the wise is sufficient —
un averti en vaut deux [Fr.].
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