caveat
A warningA warning.
» 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 sensesA warning.
There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
Vorbehalt, Warnung
предупрежде́ниеpredupreždénije, предостереже́ниеpredosterežénije, предуведомле́ниеpreduvedomlénije
застере́женняzasteréžennja
a warning against certain acts
A qualification or exemption.
He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.
Ausnahme, Vorbehalt
поясне́ниеpojasnénije, разъясне́ниеrazʺjasnénije, толкова́ниеtolkovánije
застере́женняzasteréžennja
A formal objection.
A formal objection.
A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
Einspruch, Widerspruch
(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
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.
Translations
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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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