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单词 caution
释义

caution

[ kaw-shuhn ]
/ ˈkɔ ʃən /
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noun

alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
a warning against danger or evil; anything serving as a warning: By way of caution, he told me the difficulties I would face.
Informal. a person or thing that astonishes or causes mild apprehension: She's a caution. The way he challenges your remarks is a caution.

verb (used with object)

to give warning to; advise or urge to take heed.

verb (used without object)

to warn or advise: The newspapers caution against overoptimism.

Origin of caution

1250–1300; Middle English caucion<Latin cautiōn- (stem of cautiō) a taking care, equivalent to caut(us), past participle of cavēre to guard against (cau- take care, guard + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn--ion

SYNONYMS FOR caution

1 circumspection, discretion, watchfulness, heed, vigilance.
2 admonition, advice, counsel.
4 admonish, forewarn.
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ANTONYMS FOR caution

1 carelessness.
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synonym study for caution

4. See warn.

OTHER WORDS FROM caution

Words nearby caution

caustic soda, caustic surface, cauterant, cauterize, cautery, caution, cautionary, caution money, cautious, Cauvery, cav.
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British Dictionary definitions for caution

caution
/ (ˈkɔːʃən) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of caution

cautioner, noun

Word Origin for caution

C13: from Old French, from Latin cautiō, from cavēre to beware
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with caution

caution

see throw caution to the winds.

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