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US
/ˈwɔɹn/
]
[ UK /wˈɔːn/ ]
[ UK /wˈɔːn/ ]
VERB
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notify, usually in advance
I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions -
ask to go away
The old man warned the children off his property -
notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
The director warned him that he might be fired
The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking -
advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
She warned him to be quiet
I warn you against false assumptions
I warned him not to go too far
How To Use warn In A Sentence
- Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
- Well, suddenly without any warning, a couple of weeks ago, men and machines arrived and started digging up the road and pavement and generally causing the usual traffic chaos.
- With no warning signs on either side and under poor lighting, the road is a death trap for motorists.
- Somewhere in the far regions of her mind a voice was screaming warnings.
- Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation.
- He warned others about the live electric cables as they climbed to safety.
- Thanks to her doctor’s recommendations she finds herself feeling decafargic by noon. cardiacpopups – the messages that popup on your computer when you are in the middle of an important project and warn you that your computer is about to conk out. on 07 Sep 2007 at 5: 52 pm Kimberly defurrify – to remove pet hair/dander from a person or thing on 07 Sep 2007 at 6: 12 pm Heather Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writer Unboxed’s CONTEST, CONTEST!
- Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
- The Ahmadiyah were explicitly "warned and ordered" that "as long as they consider themselves to hold to Islam, to discontinue the promulgation of interpretations and activities that are deviant from the principal teachings of Islam, that is to say the promulgation of beliefs that recognize a prophet with all his teachings who comes after the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Heritage Foundation Papers
- A notice posted on the chapel of Carrigtwohill, calling one of those meetings, warned such as absented themselves that they would be marked men, as there was famine in the parish, and they should have food or blood. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines