"warning sign" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: warning signs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} warning sign (plural warning signs)
  1. A sign that indicates a danger, for example to vehicles on a road or of hazardous chemicals. Categories (topical): Signs Related terms: Translations (sign that indicates a danger): 警示標誌 (Chinese Mandarin), 警示标志 (Chinese Mandarin), varoitusmerkki (Finnish), varoituskyltti (Finnish), varningsskylt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-warning_sign-en-noun-Sie5nRGm Disambiguation of Signs: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'sign that indicates a danger': 70 30
  2. (figurative) An indication that someone or something is in danger or at risk. Tags: figuratively Translations (indication of danger or risk): 危險信號 (Chinese Mandarin), 危险信号 (Chinese Mandarin), varoittava enne (Finnish), varoittava oire (Finnish), varoitusmerkki (Finnish), varningstecken [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-warning_sign-en-noun-uaNPZSor Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'indication of danger or risk': 35 65

Inflected forms

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