"warn" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /wɔːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɔɹn/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-worn.ogg [US] Forms: warns [present, singular, third-person], warning [participle, present], warned [participle, past], warned [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English warnen, warnien (“to warn; admonish”), from Old English warnian (“to take heed; warn”), from Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn; take heed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to be aware; give heed”). Cognate with Dutch waarnen (obsolete), German Low German warnen, German warnen, Swedish varna, Icelandic varna. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|warnen}} Middle English warnen, {{m|enm|warnien||to warn; admonish}} warnien (“to warn; admonish”), {{inh|en|ang|warnian||to take heed; warn}} Old English warnian (“to take heed; warn”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*warnōną||to warn; take heed}} Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn; take heed”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wer-||to be aware; give heed}} Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to be aware; give heed”), {{cog|nl|waarnen}} Dutch waarnen, {{q|obsolete}} (obsolete), {{m|nds-de|warnen}} warnen, {{m|de|warnen}} warnen, {{m|sv|varna}} varna, {{m|is|varna}} varna Head templates: {{en-verb}} warn (third-person singular simple present warns, present participle warning, simple past and past participle warned)
  1. (transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
    (transitive) To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to make someone aware of impending danger): νουθετέω (nouthetéō) (Ancient Greek), حَذَّرَ (ḥaḏḏara) (Arabic), զգուշացնել (zgušacʿnel) (Armenian), abisatu (Basque), предупреждавам (predupreždavam) (Bulgarian), advertir (Catalan), avisar (Catalan), 警告 (jǐnggào) (Chinese Mandarin), 提醒 (tíxǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 警戒 (jǐngjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), varovat (Czech), advare (Danish), waarschuwen (Dutch), verwittigen (Dutch), waarnen [obsolete] (Dutch), averti (Esperanto), hoiatama (Estonian), varoittaa (Finnish), avertir (French), alerter (French), aprenxer (Galician), deñar (Galician), advertir (Galician), avisar (Galician), warnen (German), mahnen (German), προειδοποιώ (proeidopoió) (Greek), figyelmeztet (Hungarian), aðvara (Icelandic), fógra a thabhairt do (Irish), fainic a chur ar (Irish), avvertire (Italian), avvisare (Italian), 警告する (keikoku suru) (alt: けいこく する) (Japanese), 言い聞かせる (iikikaseru) (alt: いいきかせる) (Japanese), ព្រមាន (prɔɔmiən) (Khmer), 경고하다 (gyeonggohada) (Korean), moneō (Latin), brīdināt (Latvian), മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് നൽകുക (munnaṟiyippŭ nalkuka) (Malayalam), bara (Mansaka), whakaohiti (Maori), váruhit (Northern Sami), advare (Norwegian), варити (variti) (Old Church Slavonic), ostrzegać [imperfective] (Polish), ostrzec [perfective] (Polish), uprzedzać [imperfective] (Polish), uprzedzić [perfective] (Polish), avisar (Portuguese), alertar (Portuguese), advertir (Portuguese), предупрежда́ть (predupreždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предупреди́ть (predupredítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), предостерега́ть (predosteregátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), предостере́чь (predosteréčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), упозорити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), upozoriti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), alertar (Spanish), avisar (Spanish), advertir (Spanish), onya (Swahili), varna (Swedish), varsko (Swedish), ipababala (Tagalog), babalaan (Tagalog), เตือน (dtʉʉan) (Thai), uyarmak (Turkish), попереджа́ти (poperedžáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), попере́джувати (poperédžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), попере́дити (poperédyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cảnh báo (Vietnamese), rhybuddio (Welsh), iqaz kerden (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-wurNmrSq Disambiguation of 'to make someone aware of impending danger': 39 19 19 19 1 1 2
  2. (transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
    (transitive) To notify or inform (someone, about something).
    Tags: transitive Translations (to notify someone of something): verwittigen (Dutch), waarnen [obsolete] (Dutch), ilmoittaa (Finnish), varoittaa (Finnish), prévenir (French), warnen (German), προειδοποιώ (proeidopoió) (Greek), ashiria (Swahili), förvarna (Swedish), попереджа́ти (poperedžáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), попере́джувати (poperédžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), попере́дити (poperédyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-kwV5PluQ Disambiguation of 'to notify someone of something': 2 47 15 2 18 13 3
  3. (transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
    (transitive) To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-QZAi4wJY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 11 37 34 5 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 3 25 31 29 4 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 27 30 29 2 2 3 3
  4. (transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
    (transitive, intransitive, of a clock, possibly obsolete) To make a sound (e.g. clicking or whirring) indicating that it is about to strike or chime (an hour).
    Tags: intransitive, obsolete, possibly, transitive
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-xmPEZtzo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 11 37 34 5 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 3 25 31 29 4 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 27 30 29 2 2 3 3
  5. (transitive) To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-sqijO44Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 11 37 34 5 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 3 25 31 29 4 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 27 30 29 2 2 3 3
  6. (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away.
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-6-C9OCrJ
  7. (intransitive) To give warning. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to give warning): varoittaa (Finnish), uhadharisha (Ngazidja Comorian)
    Sense id: en-warn-en-verb-VlFMxAI6 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to give warning': 2 1 1 2 2 1 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forewarn, warner, warning

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for warn meaning in English (23.7kB)

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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc."
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          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaḏḏara",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "حَذَّرَ"
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          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zgušacʿnel",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "abisatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predupreždavam",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "предупреждавам"
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          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "advertir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "avisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jǐnggào",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "警告"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tíxǐng",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "提醒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jǐngjiè",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "警戒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "varovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "advare"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "waarschuwen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "verwittigen"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "waarnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "averti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "hoiatama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "varoittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "avertir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "alerter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "aprenxer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "deñar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "advertir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "avisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "warnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "mahnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "proeidopoió",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "προειδοποιώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "nouthetéō",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "νουθετέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "figyelmeztet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "aðvara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "fógra a thabhairt do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "fainic a chur ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "avvertire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "avvisare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "alt": "けいこく する",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keikoku suru",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "警告する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "alt": "いいきかせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iikikaseru",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "言い聞かせる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɔɔmiən",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "ព្រមាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeonggohada",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "경고하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "moneō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "brīdināt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "munnaṟiyippŭ nalkuka",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് നൽകുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "msk",
          "lang": "Mansaka",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "bara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "whakaohiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "váruhit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "advare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "variti",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "варити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ostrzegać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ostrzec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "uprzedzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uprzedzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "avisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "alertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "advertir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 19 19 19 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predupreždátʹ",
          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
          "word": "เตือน"
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "word": "cảnh báo"
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          "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
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          "word": "verwittigen"
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          "sense": "to notify someone of something",
          "word": "prévenir"
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          "sense": "to notify someone of something",
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          "sense": "to notify someone of something",
          "word": "förvarna"
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          "roman": "poperedžáty",
          "sense": "to notify someone of something",
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          "word": "попереджа́ти"
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          "roman": "poperédžuvaty",
          "sense": "to notify someone of something",
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          "word": "попере́джувати"
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          "sense": "to notify someone of something",
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          "text": "The sheriff warned her to appear in court."
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        {
          "ref": "1741–2 March 4, Books of Keelman's Hospital, Newcastle, quoted in Northumberland Words (1894)",
          "text": "Committee being warned these following were absent or short …"
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        {
          "ref": "1874, Walter Gregor, An Echo of the Olden Time from the North of Scotland, page 142",
          "text": "The people had been invited to the funeral, or warnt, by a special messenger a few days before the funeral took place.",
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          "ref": "1889, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the [State of] Vermont, page 490",
          "text": "[...] the plaintiff fraudulently warned the meeting for November 15, giving only five days' notice [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty."
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
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          "ref": "1885, Walter Towers, Poems, Songs, and Ballads, page 189",
          "text": "Hark! the clock is warning ten;",
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        {
          "ref": "1885, Emma Marshall, In the East Country with Sir Thomas Browne, page 106",
          "text": "No, not a word more, Andrew; the clock has warned for nine, and I am off.",
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        {
          "ref": "1902, Violet Jacob, The Sheep-Stealers, page 399",
          "text": "The clock warned, and the hands pointed to a few minutes before the hour. The preacher looked towards it. \"And, as you sit here,\" he cried,\" the Old Year is dragging out its last moments and the New Year is coming up —\"",
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        "To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
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          "text": "He was warned against crossing the railway tracks at night."
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        "(transitive) To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour."
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          "ref": "1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, Penguin, published 1995, page 177",
          "text": "She is his deepest innocence in spaces of bough and hay before wishes were given a different name to warn that they might not come true [...].",
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          "ref": "1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, Picador, published 2000, page 496",
          "text": "She warned that he was seriously thinking of withdrawing his offer to part the waters, ‘so that all you'll get at the Arabian Sea is a saltwater bath [...]’.",
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          "ref": "1991, Clive James, “Making Programmes the World Wants”, in The Dreaming Swimmer, Jonathan Cape, published 1992",
          "text": "Every country has its resident experts who warn that imported television will destroy the national consciousness and replace it with Dallas, The Waltons, Star Trek and Twin Peaks.",
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          "word": "varoittaa"
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          "sense": "intransitive: to give warning",
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        {
          "text": "I phoned to warn him of the road closure.",
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        "To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc."
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "I warned him he'd be getting a huge box of birthday presents from me.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "To notify or inform (someone, about something)."
      ],
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        [
          "notify",
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        [
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          "inform"
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "(transitive) To notify or inform (someone, about something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sheriff warned her to appear in court."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1741–2 March 4, Books of Keelman's Hospital, Newcastle, quoted in Northumberland Words (1894)",
          "text": "Committee being warned these following were absent or short …"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1874, Walter Gregor, An Echo of the Olden Time from the North of Scotland, page 142",
          "text": "The people had been invited to the funeral, or warnt, by a special messenger a few days before the funeral took place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1889, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the [State of] Vermont, page 490",
          "text": "[...] the plaintiff fraudulently warned the meeting for November 15, giving only five days' notice [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty."
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
        "(transitive) To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty."
      ],
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    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1885, Walter Towers, Poems, Songs, and Ballads, page 189",
          "text": "Hark! the clock is warning ten;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1885, Emma Marshall, In the East Country with Sir Thomas Browne, page 106",
          "text": "No, not a word more, Andrew; the clock has warned for nine, and I am off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1902, Violet Jacob, The Sheep-Stealers, page 399",
          "text": "The clock warned, and the hands pointed to a few minutes before the hour. The preacher looked towards it. \"And, as you sit here,\" he cried,\" the Old Year is dragging out its last moments and the New Year is coming up —\"",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:",
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        {
          "text": "He was warned against crossing the railway tracks at night."
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't let me catch you running in the corridor again, I warn you."
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A sign warns trespassers off/away from the site."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, Penguin, published 1995, page 177",
          "text": "She is his deepest innocence in spaces of bough and hay before wishes were given a different name to warn that they might not come true [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, Picador, published 2000, page 496",
          "text": "She warned that he was seriously thinking of withdrawing his offer to part the waters, ‘so that all you'll get at the Arabian Sea is a saltwater bath [...]’.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Clive James, “Making Programmes the World Wants”, in The Dreaming Swimmer, Jonathan Cape, published 1992",
          "text": "Every country has its resident experts who warn that imported television will destroy the national consciousness and replace it with Dallas, The Waltons, Star Trek and Twin Peaks.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "(intransitive) To give warning."
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      "ipa": "/wɔɹn/",
      "tags": [
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)n"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaḏḏara",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "حَذَّرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zgušacʿnel",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "զգուշացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "abisatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predupreždavam",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "предупреждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "advertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnggào",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "警告"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíxǐng",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "提醒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐngjiè",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "警戒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "varovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "advare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "waarschuwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "verwittigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "waarnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "averti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "hoiatama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "varoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "alerter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "aprenxer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "deñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "advertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "warnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "mahnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proeidopoió",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "προειδοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nouthetéō",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "νουθετέω"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "figyelmeztet"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "aðvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "fógra a thabhairt do"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "fainic a chur ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avvertire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avvisare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいこく する",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keikoku suru",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "警告する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いいきかせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iikikaseru",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "言い聞かせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɔɔmiən",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "ព្រមាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeonggohada",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "경고하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "moneō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "brīdināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "munnaṟiyippŭ nalkuka",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് നൽകുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "msk",
      "lang": "Mansaka",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "bara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "whakaohiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "váruhit"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "advare"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "variti",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "варити"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ostrzegać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ostrzec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uprzedzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uprzedzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "alertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "advertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predupreždátʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предупрежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predupredítʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предупреди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predosteregátʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предостерега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predosteréčʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предостере́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "упозорити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "upozoriti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "alertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "avisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "advertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "onya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "varna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "varsko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "ipababala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "babalaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtʉʉan",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "เตือน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "uyarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperedžáty",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "попереджа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédžuvaty",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "попере́джувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédyty",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "попере́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "cảnh báo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "rhybuddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to make someone aware of impending danger",
      "word": "iqaz kerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "verwittigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "waarnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "ilmoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "varoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "prévenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "warnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proeidopoió",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "προειδοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "ashiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "word": "förvarna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperedžáty",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "попереджа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédžuvaty",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "попере́джувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédyty",
      "sense": "to notify someone of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "попере́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to give warning",
      "word": "varoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to give warning",
      "word": "uhadharisha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "warn"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Romanian: __IGNORE__ (1), __IGNORE__ (2), __IGNORE__ (3)",
  "path": [
    "warn"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "warn",
  "trace": ""
}

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