Past tense of caution
regular verb
The past tense of caution is cautioned. The past participle is also cautioned.
Forms of caution
| Base form (V1) | caution /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cautioned |
| Past participle (V3) | cautioned |
| Present participle | cautioning |
| Third person singular | cautions |
Cautioned in a sentence
- In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”2018 July 13, Jaime Marie Davis, “How photographers have captured skateboarding through generations”, in CNN
- The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves.From the entry handle with kid gloves
- Merton cautioned against confusing post factum sociological interpretations with social theory.2010, John K. Rhoads, Critical Issues in Social Theory, →ISBN, page 34. From the entry post factum
- It was necessary, he cautioned, to specify ‘long bread’ or ‘gut bread’ in order to receive pancreas.2007, Martin Edwards, Control and the Therapeutic Trial: Rhetoric and Experimentation in Britain, 1918–48 (The Wellcome Series in the…. From the entry gutbread
- Such moles, they cautioned, should never be irritated by repeated nickings.1961, Life, volume 50, number 20, page 15. From the entry nicking
Meaning of caution
- noun Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
- noun A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
- noun Security; guaranty; bail.
Questions about the past tense of caution
- What is the past tense of caution?
- The past tense of caution is cautioned.
- What is the past participle of caution?
- The past participle of caution is cautioned.
- Is caution a regular or irregular verb?
- Caution is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: caution (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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