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(v)
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
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(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
(adj)
That has received a caution (typically from the police)
(n)
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
(transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event).
(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
Alert watchfulness.
Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
To warn in advance.
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
Alternative spelling of preempt. [(transitive) To appropriate first.]
(transitive) To pronounce.
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
A symbol or annotation.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed or warned of something coming soon.
(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
To reprove in a formal or official way.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
A surname.
(transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
(idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
Of short duration; happening quickly.
(idiomatic) To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association.
Not asleep; conscious.
(ditransitive) To inform (someone) (of something).
To call attention to a problem; to warn.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(idiomatic, transitive) To alert or inform (someone), especially confidentially.
(transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
(transitive) To enter data by keyboarding.
(transitive or intransitive) To inform (someone) about (something).
(formal) To ensure that others are aware, even if not telling them directly.
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
(transitive) To announce (some information) generally.
Archaic form of appraise. [(transitive) To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.]
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
(idiomatic) To make someone aware of something they did not know or fully understand before; to enlighten someone.
(transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
(idiomatic) To show; to draw someone's attention to something useful or interesting.
(figuratively, idiomatic) To tell, remind, indicate.
(transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
To take note of what is going on; to make oneself aware.
To (either knowingly or unwittingly) cause to befall.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To pay attention.
(idiomatic) To remind someone of; to inspire a mental image or awareness of; to cause thoughts concerning.
Alternative form of conscientize. [To make aware of a social or political issue or idea]
(intransitive, often with of) To notice; to take note.
(transitive, formal) To announce.
(transitive) To warn again.
(intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
(transitive) To indicate; to be a sign of.
Free from error; true; accurate.
To make aware of a social or political issue or idea
(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
(British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
(informal) To inform or tell.
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(dated, slang, often with to) To explain; to inform of something.
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
(transitive) To focus on; to concentrate on one factor.
(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
(transitive) To bring to mind; to perceive or envision consciously.
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person. [with to]
A casual observation, comment, or statement
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
To pay attention; to take notice; to note.