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caveat.

A warning.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkævɪæt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkeɪ-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkæviɑt/General-American/-æt/General-American
  1. A warning.

    There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
  2. A qualification or exemption.

    He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.
  3. A formal objection.

  4. A formal objection. A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.

  5. A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“to beware of”). Doublet of show, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”).

verb/ˈkævɪæt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkeɪ-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkæviɑt/General-American/-æt/General-American
  1. To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.

    transitive
  2. To formally object to something.

    transitive
  3. To formally object to something. To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.

    specifically · transitive
  4. To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.

    dated · transitive
  5. To warn or caution against some event.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“to beware of”). Doublet of show, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”).

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