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Warn
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Warn has 4 senses
- warn(v = verb.communication) Array - 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" is one way to inform
- warn(v = verb.communication) admonish, discourage, 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" is one way to advise, counsel, rede
- warn(v = verb.communication) Array - ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property" is one way to enjoin, order, say, tell
- warn(v = verb.communication) Array - notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions" is one way to inform
Derived forms noun warner2, noun warning1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derived form noun warning2
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot Warn Sue
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derived form noun warner2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Warn, v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan. Cf. Warn to admonish.].
To refuse. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Warn, v. t. [OE. warnen, warnien, AS. warnian, wearnian, to take heed, to warn; akin to AS. wearn denial, refusal, OS. warning, wernian, to refuse, OHG. warnen, G. warnen to warn, OFries. warna, werna, Icel. varna to refuse; and probably to E. wary. .].
- To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. Dryden. [1913 Webster]"Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee." [1913 Webster]"Who is it that hath warned us to the walls?" [1913 Webster]
- To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To ward off. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Warn, v.tr.
1 (also absol.) a (often foll. by of, or that + clause, or to + infin.) inform of danger, unknown circumstances, etc. (warned them of the danger; warned her that she was being watched; warned him to expect a visit). b (often foll. by against) inform (a person etc.) about a specific danger, hostile person, etc. (warned her against trusting him).
2 (usu. with neg.) admonish; tell forcefully (has been warned not to go).
3 give (a person) cautionary notice regarding conduct etc. (shall not warn you again).
1 (also absol.) a (often foll. by of, or that + clause, or to + infin.) inform of danger, unknown circumstances, etc. (warned them of the danger; warned her that she was being watched; warned him to expect a visit). b (often foll. by against) inform (a person etc.) about a specific danger, hostile person, etc. (warned her against trusting him).
2 (usu. with neg.) admonish; tell forcefully (has been warned not to go).
3 give (a person) cautionary notice regarding conduct etc. (shall not warn you again).
Idiom
warn off
1 tell (a person) to keep away (from).
2 prohibit from attending races, esp. at a specified course.
1 tell (a person) to keep away (from).
2 prohibit from attending races, esp. at a specified course.
Derivative
warner n.
Etymology
OE war(e)nian, wearnian ult. f. Gmc: cf. WARE(3)
THESAURUS
Warn
admonish, advise, alarm, alert, apprehend, apprise, arouse, ask, ask for, be imminent, blackmail, bludgeon, bode, bulldoze, call for, caution, challenge, charge, claim, clamor for, comminate, counsel, croak, cry for, cry havoc, cry out against, cry wolf, daunt, demand, denounce, direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exact, exhort, expostulate, extort, fly storm warnings, forebode, forewarn, frighten, frighten off, give fair warning, give notice, give warning, guide, have a premonition, have a presentiment, impose, incite, indent, induce, inform, intimidate, issue a caveat, issue an ultimatum, kid out of, levy, look black, look threatening, lower, make a demand, menace, move, notify, order, order up, persuade, place an order, portend, preach, preapprehend, prompt, put in requisition, remonstrate, require, requisition, screw, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin, startle, talk out of, tell, threaten, tip, tip off, unpersuade, urge, utter a caveat, utter threats against, warn againstROGET THESAURUS
Warn
Dissuasion
VB dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate, disincline, indispose, shake, stagger, dispirit, discourage, dishearten, deter, repress, hold back, keep back, render averse, repel, turn aside, wean from, act as a drag, throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench, deprecate, disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble, disabuse (correction).Warning
VB warn, caution, forewarn, prewarn, admonish, premonish, give notice, give warning, dehort, menace, put on one's guard, sound the alarm, croak, beware, ware, take warning, take heed at one's peril, keep watch and ward.Alarm
VB give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm, alarm, warn, ring the tocsin, battre la generale, cry wolf.
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