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warn English

Meaning warn meaning

What does warn mean?
Definitions in simple English

warn Verb

— If you warn someone about something, is to make them aware of a danger approaching. I warn you, lions are dangerous. — If you warn someone can also be to make them aware that something they do is not accepted. It is not allowed to steal, I warn you. — If you warn someone, you give a warning.

warn

— verb notify of danger, potential harm, or risk The director warned him that he might be fired The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking — verb (= admonish) admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior I warned him not to go too far I warn you against false assumptions She warned him to be quiet — verb notify, usually in advance I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions — verb ask to go away The old man warned the children off his property

Synonyms warn synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as warn?

warn English » English

caution admonish alert advise inform forewarn tell notify scold rebuke instruct counsel announce threaten remind reprove monish tip off reprimand report put on guard prevent exhort discourage alarm advice teach signal remonstrate persuade hint guard forestall find fault with criticize tell to stop reproach relate to protest prompt prohibit preach to make known to in great distress foretell forbid enlighten dissuade deter

Topics warn topics

What do people use warn to talk about?
Language and thought Want Influence

Warn
Language and thought Want Influence

Threaten

Conjugation warn conjugation

How do you conjugate warn?

warn · verb

Examples warn examples

How do I use warn in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I came to warn you.
You did warn me, didn't you?
I tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen.
I will warn him.
Tom tried to warn Mary, but she ignored him.
The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.
I'll warn him.
I need to warn my mom.
I must warn him.
I must warn her.
I must warn them.
We must warn them.
We must warn her.
We must warn him.
We have to warn her.
We have to warn him.

Movie subtitles

Oh, my God. I have to warn Tucker.
And I'm here to warn you about the dangers of having a buddy come crash on your couch.
I have come, my lord, to warn you.
Didn't I warn you to keep a strict watch?
I must warn you that today is St. Walpurga's day, which is considered a bad omen around here.
But i want to warn you solemnly ir that mother would tell you you're fighting fa no matter what she and dawker do.
I warn you not to meddle.
I warn you, Lanyon, to let me go.
It would do no harm to warn my man to stand by.
Well, don't say I didn't warn you.
Someone's going to warn them.
How can you warn steps?
That fact is, Anna, I feel it necessary to warn you.
When the master rings for breakfast, then warn her.
Warn your people, so they can't say they weren't given fair warning.
You might be the smartest, but I warn you. I shall stop you.
Warn him.
I need to warn you. It's putrid.
I must therefore warn you firmly: If the drawings aren't ready by the 1st of April the company is going to lose millions of crowns.
I'd like to warn you for some reasons, but I know the futility of such an action and how he who warns is detested by him who loves unfortunately.
Oh, Martin. Didn't I warn you to keep a strict watch?
Why didn't you warn him?
I warn you, this is a very serious matter.
I must warn you about the impending visit of the Spanish envoy.
Julie Boulard, I must warn you. against this dangerous seducer of maids.
Someone's going to warn them. How can you warn steps?
I warn you under Section 541, difammation of character.
If you make one move against my wife or me, I warn you, I'll break every bone in your body and then throw you in jail.
I warn you, however.
What? Someone's going to warn them.
How can you warn steps? - Never mind.
Now, Jerry, I warn you. you don't realize the trouble a designing woman can make for a man.
Signor, I warn you.
I warn you. never let your path criss-cross mine again, or the heart.
But I warn you, it's a hard habit to get out of.
They're coming here and that's why we hurried ahead to warn you.
I tried to warn you.

News and current affairs

The solution is to stop applauding politicians who warn of catastrophe and promote poor policies.
These examples should warn us away from three current tendencies.
Moreover, they warn of the moral hazard generated by relieving over-indebted countries from the pressure to put their public finances in order.
Oil and coal companies and their political allies warn us of fiscal catastrophe if we do that - as if heat waves, droughts, storms, and rising seas did not bring their own fiscal and social catastrophes.
The solemn Communist Manifesto announced the specter of the Great Utopia haunting Europe, but failed to warn us of the bloody tyranny.
But what seems clear is that the ECB used the October press conference to warn politicians, trade unions, and the markets that its long period of monetary-policy inactivity is coming to an end.
I warn those that have not yet acted that I will take whatever steps are necessary to make them act.
It will no longer do merely to warn against racism, or promote multiculturalism.
But, while celebrity activists warn about the impending doom posed by climate change, a more realistic view is offered by these cities' ability to cope.
Skeptics, however, warn that the mass media dictate the voices we hear and are less interested in reasoned debate than in catering to popular prejudices.
Critics warn of a slippery slope.
While some warn that technological progress will leave many unemployed, others remain convinced that displaced workers will find new jobs that do not yet exist, as has occurred in the past.
BENGHAZI - Middle Eastern autocrats routinely warn their people of rivers of blood, Western occupation, poverty, chaos, and Al Qaeda if their regimes are toppled.
One should not forget - as many central bankers appear to have done - that the BIS was one of the first to warn of the dangers of financial excesses, several years before the 2008 crisis.
As many experts warn, the first time a drone strike kills a woman or child, a video of the scene and the funeral will be posted for the Muslim world to see.
More than a year later, in July 2010, prosecutor Fabio Picuti charged the Commission members with manslaughter and negligence for failing to warn the public of the impending risk.
Bankers, who may really be worried about their own bonuses, warn that higher capital requirements will force them to curtail lending, thus impeding economic growth.
These examples should warn us away from three current tendencies. The first is to give easy labels to complex and diverse societies.
In addition, the single currency weakens the market signals that would otherwise warn a country that its fiscal deficits were becoming excessive.
Those who advocate greater global governance warn us that, without tighter international economic rules, a free-for-all will leave all countries worse off.
The deeper truth underlying the protests can be found on blogs, where young Indian men and women bemoan the fact that travel guidebooks routinely warn women about pervasive sexual harassment in India, and advise them to move around in groups.
In dispatches from the Pacific Islands, Bangladesh, or Ethiopia, journalists warn of impending calamity.
After all, Fritz Stern wrote his book to warn of the dangers posed by a romantic abhorrence of modernity.
Demographers warn that the Jewish and Arab populations between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean will reach parity this year.
Of course, skeptics warn against excessive optimism, arguing that something similar occurred in the early 1970's, ending in a deep crisis.

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