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caveat

[kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key-]

noun

  1. a warning or caution.

    Before proceeding with the investment, he was given a caveat about potential risks and volatility in the stock market.

  2. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. a warning; caution

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • caveated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caveat1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin: “let him beware,” 3rd-person singular present subjunctive of ŧ “to take care”; caution
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caveat1

C16: from Latin, literally: let him beware
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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.

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All that being said, there are some caveats to this result.

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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.

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Gauke told BBC Breakfast on Thursday the review was making "cautious recommendations" and there would be "caveats" to the continued scheme.

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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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