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caveat
[kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key-]
noun
a warning or caution.
Before proceeding with the investment, he was given a caveat about potential risks and volatility in the stock market.
Law.a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing.
a caveat filed against the probate of a will.
verb (used with or without object)
to give a warning or caution (about information being presented).
The authors of the paper caveated their findings with a reminder that further research would be necessary.
Rather than hedging and caveating, I'll just say what I think.
caveat
/ ˈkeɪvɪˌæt, ˈkæv- /
noun
law a formal notice requesting the court or officer to refrain from taking some specified action without giving prior notice to the person lodging the caveat
a warning; caution
Other Word Forms
- caveated adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of caveat1
Example Sentences
But the husband and father of three's return came with a caveat: the Department of Justice was now accusing him of trafficking undocumented immigrants around the country.
All that being said, there are some caveats to this result.
And that is the only caveat to Scheffler's PGA Tour supremacy, because we can only see him pit his skills against those two leading performers at the majors.
Gauke told BBC Breakfast on Thursday the review was making "cautious recommendations" and there would be "caveats" to the continued scheme.
But the company shared those plans with a long caveat, part of which focused on the ongoing requirements from California oversight agencies.
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