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caveat
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Word definitions for caveat in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES caveat emptor COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE important ▪ An important caveat to this is that the agreement must be fair and reasonable. ▪ Using consolidation to get rid of duplicative layers or segments is fine, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from Latin, literally "let him beware," 3rd person singular present subjunctive of cavere "to beware, take heed, watch, guard against," from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (cognates: Sanskrit kavih "wise, sage, seer, poet;" Lithuanian ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices" [syn: caution ] (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against the probate of a will"
Usage examples of caveat.
NSA decided it was administratively too difficult to determine whether particular reports derived from the specific surveillances authorized by the attorney general, NSA decided to place this caveat on all its terrorism-related reports.
The first innovator who fully understood this third caveat was probably Thomas Edison.
National Intelligence Estimate did not mention the yellowcake among its key findings, and carried caveats from the State Department that cast doubt on the assertion.
Having more accurate weapons does mean that it requires fewer sorties to destroy any given target, but there are a lot of important caveats to this.
Magus was grappled directly to the central portion of the Caveat Emptor.
Amarok explained that Costa made some money off his docking fees, but in the main from owning a piece of every business based in the Caveat Emptor.
Disagreements could be settled in a grappled ship or under Enforcer supervision in Caveat Emptor.
The containers also kept out the winged insects and other flying pests that infested Caveat Emptor.
Alacrity were obliged to check their sidearms and leave their bodyguard behind at Bulkhead Twenty, far forward in Caveat Emptor toward the bridge and the living quarters of her owner and master, Costa.
She leaves me to contemplate her typically vague caveat, sitting beside the children in the morning.
Whatever the caveats, this little tube proved that humanity was neither some unique mistake of Nature, nor necessarily had dominion over field and fowl.
This vital consideration raises two caveats regarding the support that the opposition could provide to an invasion.
Lest these conclusions be misinterpreted, we should end this chapter with caveats against exaggerating two points: peoples' readiness to accept better crops and livestock, and the constraints imposed by locally available wild plants and animals.
Nevertheless, as we'll see, recognizing these major groups is still so useful for understanding history that I'll use the group names as shorthand, without repeating the above caveats in every sentence.
See the text for caveats about describing distributions of African peoples in terms of these familiar but problematical groupings.