caution
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Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) enPR: kôshn, IPA (key): /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/
- (US) enPR: käshn or kôshn, IPA (key): /ˈkɑːʃ(ə)n/ or /ˈkɔʃ(ə)n/
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Noun[change]
- Caution is being careful and planning ways to avoid danger or being hurt.
- He used caution as he climbed the old wooden steps.
- A caution is a warning about what might happen in the future.
- The doctor gave me a caution about eating too much.
- (law) A caution can be a legal warning and that a repeat of the action could end up as an arrest.
- The police gave the boy a caution after he was caught stealing from the shop.
Verb[change]
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Third-person singular |
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- To caution is to give a warning or advice.
- His mother cautioned him about staying out too late at night.