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Synonyms for caveats

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæv iˌɑt, -ˌæt, ˈkɑ vi-, keɪ-

Définition of caveats

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin, literally "let him beware," 3rd person singular present subjunctive of cavere "to beware, take heed, watch, guard against," from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (cf. Sanskrit kavih "wise, sage, seer, poet;" Lithuanian kavoti "tend, safeguard;" Armenian cucanem "I show;" Latin cautio "wariness;" Greek koein "to mark, perceive, hear," kydos "glory, fame," literally "that which is heard of;" Old Church Slavonic chujo "to feel, perceive, hear," cudo "wonder," literally "that which is heard of;" Czech (z)koumati "to perceive, be aware of;" Serbian chuvati "watch, heed;" Old English sceawian "to look at" (cf. show (v.)); Middle Dutch schoon "beautiful, bright," properly "showy;" Gothic hausjan "hear").
  • noun warning
Example sentences :
  • Caveats have proven to be, oftentimes, worse than worthless.
  • Extract from : « How to Succeed as an Inventor » by Goodwin B. Smith
  • Their pride and avarice will break through ten thousand caveats.
  • Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various
  • Both these inventors filed their caveats upon the telephone upon the same day—February 14, 1876.
  • Extract from : « Inventors » by Philip Gengembre Hubert
  • Surely it is safer to stop it up; for all the caveats in the world will not keep the kirk unpoisoned, so long as it remains.
  • Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various
  • He continued to grant no Assemblies till 1608, and would not allow “caveats” (limiting the powers of Bishops) to be enforced.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Scotland » by Andrew Lang
  • At last the seaman scrambled up and fetched him down, not without many protestations and caveats by the way.
  • Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • It is needless to say that all the caveats are not quite so full of "plums," but this is certainly a wonder.
  • Extract from : « Edison, His Life and Inventions » by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

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