caveat

nounwarning

Synonyms for caveat

noun warning

Word Origin & History

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").

Example Sentences for caveat

This plan is preferred by many inventors to filing a caveat.

That sense of caveat donor was perhaps their most pathetic characteristic.

A gentleman: that was an argument against which it was futile to enter a caveat.

But, if he does, he can at once enter a caveat in the Probate Registry.

I felt I must give you the opportunity of entering a caveat.

I will first give him a caveat, to use you as kindly as he can.

The doctrine of caveat emptor would apply in that case, too.

But there is 123something in Latin about caveat emptor, which is short for “Let the buyer beware!”

"Caveat emptor" is the only rule by which fair rents may be reached.

There is no proverb more common than that of "caveat emptor."

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Synonyms for caveat

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