caveat

Meaning

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.

Concepts

caveat

caution

warning

admonition

alert

monition

admonishment

notice

red flag

advocacy

enrolment

recommendation

registration

awakening

commination

exhortation

rebuke

reprimand

indication

failure

respite

suspension

advisory

dissuasion

presage

exception

objection

remonstration

alarm

heads-up

Hyphenated as

ca‧ve‧at

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkævɪæt/

Etymology

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