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Adjective warning has 1 sense
- admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning - serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
Antonym: persuasive (indirect, via dissuasive)
Noun warning has 2 senses
- warning - a message informing of danger
--1 is a kind of informing, making known
--1 has particulars:
- admonition, monition, warning, word of advice - cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)
--2 is a kind of advice
--2 has particulars: example, deterrent example, lesson, object lesson
Verb warn has 4 senses
- warn - notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"
--1 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- warn, discourage, admonish, monish - admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
--2 is one way to advise, counsel
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot warn Sue
- warn - ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
--3 is one way to order, tell, enjoin, say
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- warn - notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
--4 is one way to inform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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