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- Dictionarycaution/ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/
noun
- 1. care taken to avoid danger or mistakes: "anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution" Similar Opposite
- 2. an amusing or surprising person: informal, dated "‘You're a caution, you are,’ she said"
verb
- 1. say something as a warning: "the Chancellor cautioned that economic uncertainties remained" Similar
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CAUTION definition: 1. great care and attention: 2. a spoken warning given by a police officer or official to someone…. Learn more.
Noun You should use caution when operating the electric saw. He injected a note of caution in his talk. Her financial adviser urged caution before investing in the project. The roads are slippery: drive with extreme caution. Her comments were intended as a caution to us to protect our property.
Caution definition: alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness. See examples of CAUTION used in a sentence.
CAUTION meaning: 1. great care and attention: 2. a spoken warning given by a police officer or official to someone…. Learn more.
Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger. Extreme caution should be exercised when buying part-worn tyres. The Chancellor is a man of caution.
Add to word list. great care and attention not to take risks or get into danger: Travellers have been advised to exercise great caution when passing through the region. I would treat anything he says with extreme caution (= not be too quick to believe it).
Definition of caution noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.