cautioning
cautioning is the present participle and gerund of caution.
Meaning of caution
Verb
caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)
- To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
- "Careful, Uwe," cautions my Venezuelan explorer friend, José Miguel Pérez, with a grim smile. "You're too big for us to carry back down."1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 535
- To read someone their formal legal rights as part of a lawful arrest.
- They're under arrest. Caution them, will you?1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders
- To give a yellow card.
Noun
cautioning (plural cautionings)
- The act of giving a warning.
- Whilst the daylight lasted, he treated her cautionings with apparent indifference. The darkness of night is the time for fear. As the gloom of evening set in, he grew nervous.1872, Augustus Mayhew, Paved with Gold
Forms of cautioning
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Questions about cautioning
- What does cautioning mean?
- Cautioning means the act of giving a warning.
- What is cautioning the present participle and gerund of?
- Cautioning is the present participle and gerund of caution.
- What part of speech is cautioning?
- Cautioning is a noun.
- What is the plural of cautioning?
- The plural of cautioning is cautionings.
Words near cautioning in the dictionary
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