Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To warn or caution beforehand.

  2. (rare, transitive)To take precaution against.

Examples

50 sentences

  1. We have to take every precaution.

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  2. We must take all possible precautions.

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  3. We need to take all possible precautions.

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  4. We're taking precautions to make sure nobody gets hurt.

    ruМы принимаем меры предосторожности, чтобы убедиться, что никто не пострадает.

    deWir treffen Vorkehrungen, dass niemand zu Schaden kommt.

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  5. We're taking precautions to make sure no one gets hurt.

    deWir treffen Vorkehrungen, dass niemand zu Schaden kommt.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against b

From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.

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Forms

precautions, precautioning, precautioned, precautioned
Base formprecaution · to precaution
3rd person singularprecautions
Present participleprecautioning
Past simpleprecautioned
Past participleprecautioned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprecaution
he, she, itprecautions

Past simpleLesson

all personsprecautioned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave precautioned
he, she, ithas precautioned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill precaution

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunprecautioned

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
preachC1preacherC1prearrangeprecariousprecautionaryprecedeB2
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