Meaning of "caution" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAUTION

From Old French, from Latin cautiō, from cavēre to beware.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAUTION

caution  [ˈkɔːʃən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAUTION

Caution is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb caution in English.

WHAT DOES CAUTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Caution

Caution may refer to: ▪ A precautionary statement describing a potential hazard ▪ Careful attention to the probable effects of an act ▪ A police caution, an alternative to prosecution for a criminal offence in some countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia ▪ A statement read by a police officer to a suspect to inform him of his rights, in particular to silence. See e.g.: ▪ Miranda warning, which also discusses the Reding Rights in the EU ▪ Right to silence in England and Wales ▪ Right to silence, which also discusses the international situation ▪ A sanction taken on the field of play in Association Football by the appointed referee, signified by the showing of a Yellow card ▪ La Caution, a French hip hop duo ▪ The Yellow Caution Flag in automobile racing that indicates a hazardous condition and a prohibition from passing other cars ▪ Caution, a 2002 album by Hot Water Music ▪ CAUTION, a 1970's-80's neighborhood group in Atlanta, Georgia...

Definition of caution in the English dictionary

The first definition of caution in the dictionary is care, forethought, or prudence, esp in the face of danger; wariness. Other definition of caution is something intended or serving as a warning; admonition. Caution is also a formal warning given to a person suspected or accused of an offence that his words will be taken down and may be used in evidence.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAUTION

PRESENT

Present

I caution

you caution

he/she/it cautions

we caution

you caution

they caution

Present continuous

I am cautioning

you are cautioning

he/she/it is cautioning

we are cautioning

you are cautioning

they are cautioning

Present perfect

I have cautioned

you have cautioned

he/she/it has cautioned

we have cautioned

you have cautioned

they have cautioned

Present perfect continuous

I have been cautioning

you have been cautioning

he/she/it has been cautioning

we have been cautioning

you have been cautioning

they have been cautioning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I cautioned

you cautioned

he/she/it cautioned

we cautioned

you cautioned

they cautioned

Past continuous

I was cautioning

you were cautioning

he/she/it was cautioning

we were cautioning

you were cautioning

they were cautioning

Past perfect

I had cautioned

you had cautioned

he/she/it had cautioned

we had cautioned

you had cautioned

they had cautioned

Past perfect continuous

I had been cautioning

you had been cautioning

he/she/it had been cautioning

we had been cautioning

you had been cautioning

they had been cautioning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will caution

you will caution

he/she/it will caution

we will caution

you will caution

they will caution

Future continuous

I will be cautioning

you will be cautioning

he/she/it will be cautioning

we will be cautioning

you will be cautioning

they will be cautioning

Future perfect

I will have cautioned

you will have cautioned

he/she/it will have cautioned

we will have cautioned

you will have cautioned

they will have cautioned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been cautioning

you will have been cautioning

he/she/it will have been cautioning

we will have been cautioning

you will have been cautioning

they will have been cautioning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would caution

you would caution

he/she/it would caution

we would caution

you would caution

they would caution

Conditional continuous

I would be cautioning

you would be cautioning

he/she/it would be cautioning

we would be cautioning

you would be cautioning

they would be cautioning

Conditional perfect

I would have caution

you would have caution

he/she/it would have caution

we would have caution

you would have caution

they would have caution

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cautioning

you would have been cautioning

he/she/it would have been cautioning

we would have been cautioning

you would have been cautioning

they would have been cautioning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you caution
we let´s caution
you caution

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to caution

Past participle

cautioned

Present Participle

cautioning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CAUTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «caution» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of caution

admonish · admonition · advise · alert · alertness · care · carefulness · circumspection · discretion · forethought · forewarn · heed · heedfulness · injunction · prudence · reprimand · urge · vigilance · warn · warning · watchfulness

TRANSLATION OF CAUTION

Find out the translation of caution to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of caution from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «caution» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 小心
• Translator English - Spanish: cautela
• English: caution
• Translator English - Hindi: सावधानी
• Translator English - Arabic: حَذَر
• Translator English - Russian: осторожность
• Translator English - Portuguese: cautela
• Translator English - Bengali: সাবধানতা
• Translator English - French: prudence
• Translator English - Malay: Berhati-hati
• Translator English - German: Vorsicht
• Translator English - Japanese: 注意
• Translator English - Korean: 조심
• Translator English - Javanese: Ati-ati
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự thận trọng
• Translator English - Tamil: எச்சரிக்கை
• Translator English - Marathi: खबरदारी
• Translator English - Turkish: Dikkat
• Translator English - Italian: cautela
• Translator English - Polish: ostrożność
• Translator English - Ukrainian: обережність
• Translator English - Romanian: precauție
• Translator English - Greek: σύνεση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: versigtig
• Translator English - Swedish: försiktighet
• Translator English - Norwegian: varsomhet

10 QUOTES WITH «CAUTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word caution.

1

Willie Aames

There's a tendency for people to think that celebrities do whatever they want, spend whatever they want, and it's completely out of control. While some of that may be true, I've never met a celebrity who threw caution to the wind and thought they could do anything. That's not the thought process.

2

Joseph Addison

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

3

Ezra Taft Benson

Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed.

4

Kumar Mangalam Birla

I don't think the western world is questioning capitalism. Capitalism as a concept is not something that society has written off. But today, there is degree of caution around capitalism. We believe in compassionate capitalism. Growth for growth's sake can never be an end in itself.

5

Gary Ryan Blair

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

6

Gary Ryan Blair

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

7

William Bligh

Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution.

8

Wernher von Braun

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

9

Marcus Buckingham

A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.

10

John Griffin Carlisle

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAUTION»

Discover the use of caution in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to caution and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Blink & Caution

For use in schools and libraries only. Two teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become involved in a complicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.

Tim Wynne-Jones, 2012

Lust, caution: the story, the screenplay, and the making of ...

An espionage thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Shanghai recounts the relationship between Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure, and Wang Jiazhi, a young woman who is swept up in a perilous game of emotional intrigue with Mr. ...

Huiling Wang, James Schamus, 2007

Lust, Caution: The Story

Written in lush, lavish prose, and with the tension of a political thriller, Lust, Caution brings 1940s Shanghai artfully to life even as it limns the erotic pulse of a doomed love affair. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Eileen Chang, 2008

Proceed with Caution, when Engaged by Minority Writing in ...

This book reminds us that cultural differences may in fact make us targets of a text, not its co-conspirators.

Doris Sommer, 1999

With Caution

A brother's vow.

J. L. Langley, 2008

Caution: More Dangerous Devotions

Devotional on the Bible from Genesis through Psalms, including suggestions for prayers and study questions.

Jackie Perseghetti, 1999

CAUTION: I Drive Like You Do! (American paradoxist ...

Computer jokes, life taken upside-down, job related reflections, family connections, inside-out clichés of language, and so on.They are in a paradoxist style, or close, and full of humor¿Some of them are cascading Murphy¿s Laws ...

Florentin Smarandache, 2007

CAUTION Men in Trees

Though settings and situations vary, the same sense of overwhelming urgency recurs throughout the collection. The stories reflect a world distressed by conflict and settings fraught with the occurrences of personal violence.

Darrell Spencer, 2010

Caution

Devon Wallace resides in Southern California.

Franco Ford, 2009

Caution: Nursing Home Ahead

Her mother got the best care available at an average nursing home, because her daughter cared enough to demand it. If you are in charge of your loved one's care, this is a responsibility you share-conscientious care starts with you!

Stacia G. Girard, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAUTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term caution is used in the context of the following news items.

Congress activist sends caution notice on black money promise

NEW DELHI: Seeking to embarrass the government, a Congress activist has sent a "caution" notice to it for its "failure" to fulfil the promise of ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

Caution urged on roads

Snow closed roads throughout the South overnight, and drivers have been warned to take extreme care - or even consider delaying their travel ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»

'Elite' creator David Braben urges caution on VR

Games industry verteran David Braben, co-creator of space sim Elite, has urged people to play it cool when it comes to virtual reality's potential ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»

Health chiefs caution on Sydney man's 'Mad Cow' disease

HEALTH authorities have issued a plea for calm after a Sydney man was diagnosed with a variation of the lethal mad cow disease and placed ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

Doctors' Notes: Proceed with caution on painkillers

I routinely see patients whose lives have been ruined by opioid painkillers — drugs like morphine, oxycodone and hydromorphone. Most of ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

Caution urged on lifting super age payout

More research is needed to help older Australians stay in work before there is any move to lift the preservation age for superannuation, said ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

Family advises caution after prescription mixup

Family advises caution after prescription mixup. Minerva Duron is going through her granddaughter's migraine medication very carefully these ... «WFAA, Jul 15»

Bay Street's 'blank-cheque companies' should elicit caution

That's why Canadians ought to exercise caution before blindly investing in whichever deal comes next, no matter how lucrative the early track ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

Caution Reigns Across Global Markets

With less than a half-hour before the opening bell on Wall Street, caution reigned across global financial markets, with investors awaiting the outcome of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Mason Fire in Jar Complex grows despite recent rains; caution on …

TUSAYAN, Ariz. — Fire managers are pleased with the continued steady growth of the Mason Fire despite recent rains across much of the ... «St George News, Jul 15»