warning
wawr ning
- n a message informing of danger
a warning that still more bombs could explode - n cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
the warning was to beware of surprises - n notification of something, usually in advance
they gave little warning of their arrival
she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin - v notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
- v admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- v ask to go away
- v notify, usually in advance
- s serving to warn
- Pointing to the warning and the lack of detonator, French Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie sought to calm rattled Parisian by noting "the device wasn't intended to explode.
- FBI is warning law enforcement agencies to be on the alert for the possibility that suicide bombers may attempt to strike inside the United States.
- This time, though, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (and a Japanese warning system that also noticed the earthquake) knew what to do with the information.