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Meaning of 'warn' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Warn [ v. t.]
- To refuse.
- To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house.
- To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
- To ward off.

Meaning of 'warn' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . warn [ v]
Meaning (1):
- advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
Example in sentence:
  • I warn you against false assumptions;
  • I warned him not to go too far;
  • She warned him to be quiet
Meaning (2):
- notify, usually in advance
Example in sentence:
  • I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions
Meaning (3):
- notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
Example in sentence:
  • The director warned him that he might be fired;
  • The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking
Meaning (4):
- ask to go away
Example in sentence:
  • The old man warned the children off his property

Nearby Words:

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