warning

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a message informing of danger (Freq. 13)
- a warning that still more bombs could explode
• Derivationally related forms:
warn
• Hypernyms:
informing, making known
• Hyponyms:
wake-up call, alarmism, alert, alerting, caution,
caveat, false alarm, forewarning, premonition, heads-up, strategic warning,
tactical warning, threat
2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) (Freq. 9)
- 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, word of advice
• Derivationally related forms:
warn, monish (for: monition), admonish (for: admonition)
• Hypernyms:
advice
• Hyponyms:
example, deterrent example, lesson, object lesson
3. notification of something, usually in advance
- they gave little warning of their arrival
- she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin
• Hypernyms:
telling, apprisal, notification

II - adjective

serving to warn
- shook a monitory finger at him
- an exemplary jail sentence
• Syn:
admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory
• Similar to:
dissuasive
• Derivationally related forms:
example (for: exemplary), caution (for: cautionary), admonish (for: admonitory)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a), admonition, monition, word of advice