caveat
To qualify a statement with a caveat or provisoTo qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
» The biggest caveat of using social media is reduced privacy.
Найбільшим застереженням щодо використання соціальних медіа є зменшення конфеденційності. — Ahha
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5 senses(transitive)To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
(transitive)To formally object to something.
To formally object to something.
(specifically, transitive)To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(dated, transitive)To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
(obsolete, transitive)To warn or caution against some event.
Examples
6 sentencesThe biggest caveat of using social media is reduced privacy.
Найбільшим застереженням щодо використання соціальних медіа є зменшення конфеденційності. — Ahha
There is one caveat: the treatment does not always work.
Є одне застереження : ці ліки не завжди працюють. — Ahha
The caveat was buried in the fine print.
His proposal was very well received, but it had one big caveat.
The major caveat that is preventing me from travelling more is increased travel expenses.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular presenLearned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“to beware of”). Doublet of show, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”).
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Forms
caveats, caveating, caveated, caveatedWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.