Caution (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
  2. a warning against danger or evil; anything serving as a warning: By way of caution, he told me the difficulties I would face.
  3. a person or thing that astonishes or causes mild apprehension: She's a caution. The way he challenges your remarks is a caution.
verb (used with object)
  1. to give warning to; advise or urge to take heed.
verb (used without object)
  1. to warn or advise: The newspapers caution against overoptimism.
noun
  1. care, forethought, or prudence, esp in the face of danger; wariness
  2. something intended or serving as a warning; admonition
  3. a formal warning given to a person suspected or accused of an offence that his words will be taken down and may be used in evidence
  4. a notice entered on the register of title to land that prevents a proprietor from disposing of his or her land without a notice to the person who entered the caution
  5. an amusing or surprising person or thing
verb
  1. to urge or warn (a person) to be careful
  2. to give a caution to (a person)
  3. to warn, urge, or advise
Caution (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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