caution
part of speech
noun (caution; a caution, cautions); verb (caution, cautions, cautioned, cautioning)
meaning for a pupil
1) Great care to avoid danger or mistakes. tree →
2) A warning, like a sign saying "Caution: wet floor". tree →
3) (law, UK) An official warning from the police instead of a charge. tree →
4) (verb) To warn someone to be careful or not to do something again. tree →
5) A caution can also be an informal word for something or someone surprising, funny or remarkable. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in safety (caution signs, use caution when crossing), science (take caution with chemicals), law and stories. It tells the reader to slow down and be careful. Phrases: with caution, caution: wet floor, err on the side of caution, throw caution to the wind.
examples
- The author of the Sefer Yetzirah apparently cautioned against the very errors and mistakes into which all writers on Hebrew grammar have fallen. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Use caution when crossing the road. tree →
- The sign said "Caution: wet floor." tree →
- Handle the glass beakers with caution. tree →
- The police gave him a caution for shouting in the street. tree →
- The teacher cautioned us not to run in the corridor. tree →
- She threw caution to the wind and jumped into the lake. tree →
- It's best to err on the side of caution and take a coat. tree →
- I 'clar' ter grashus ef dat jug ain't a caution!" tree →
note
Uncountable for the care (with caution), countable for a warning (a caution). Adjective: cautious; adverb cautiously. "Throw caution to the wind" means stop being careful. "Err on the side of caution" means choose the safer way.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «caution» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.