caveat

Betekenis

Noun

1. A warning.
2. A qualification or exemption.
3. A formal objection.
4. A formal objection.
5. A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Verb

1. To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
2. To formally object to something.
3. To formally object to something.
4. To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
5. (obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.

Met koppelteken als

ca‧ve‧at

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkævɪæt/

Etymologie

Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he beware of”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“I beware of”). Doublet of show.