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caution

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  • Regno Unito//ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n//
  • Australia//ˈkoːʃ(ə)n//
  • Scozia//ˈkɔʃ(ə)n//
  • //ˈkɔʃ(ə)n//
  • //ˈkɑʃ(ə)n//

Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

    take caution

    have caution

    exercise great caution

    utmost caution is required when travelling in this dangerous neighbourhood

  2. 2

    A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

    The guideline expressed caution against excessive radiographic imaging.

  3. 3

    Security; guaranty; bail.

    The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be vigorously prosecuted.

  4. 4

    desuetoOne who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.

    Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh.

    ‘You are a caution,’ she said, when she came out. ‘I don't understand you.’

  5. 5

    A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.

  6. 6

    A yellow card.

Etimologia

Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”).

verbo

  1. 1

    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."

    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.”

  2. 2

    To read someone their formal legal rights as part of a lawful arrest.

    They're under arrest. Caution them, will you?

  3. 3

    To give a yellow card.

Forme

plurale
cautions
passato
cautioned
participio passato
cautioned
participio presente
cautioning
3ª persona singolare
cautions
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