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Definitions in simple English

warning

Something that tells someone that there is danger. Someone cried a warning that a train was coming, so everybody moved.

warning

a message informing of danger a warning that still more bombs could explode (= admonition, word of advice) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality the warning was to beware of surprises his final word of advice was not to play with matches notification of something, usually in advance they gave little warning of their arrival she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin (= exemplary, monitory) serving to warn shook a monitory finger at him an exemplary jail sentence

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Simple sentences

This is the last warning.
It's probably a warning.
He ignored the warning, which cost his life.
Unfortunately, we ignored that warning.
The radio gave a warning of bad weather.
Tom was mindful of my warning.
Thank you for your warning.
There was no warning whatsoever.
I gave him a warning, but he took no notice of it.
No attention was paid to his warning.
He took no notice of our warning.
He kept on drinking in defiance of his doctor's warning.
He got off with a warning.
They didn't kill him. They just roughed him up a bit as a warning.
You should have paid attention to her warning.
For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
I gave him a warning, to which he paid no attention.
The others paid no attention to her warning.
He paid no attention to my warning.
He paid attention to my warning.
I warned him, but he ignored the warning.
Tom ignored Mary's warning.

Movie subtitles

This letter was written to Mrs. Palmer warning her to leave Buffalo.
Margit, on the thought of the gypsy's warning, prays God.
WARNING TO THE WOMEN OF LONDON!
They don't give you much warning.
I'm warning you, Dr. Seward.
I'm warning you once more, Doctor.
Mr Carl Laemmle feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning.
I return the horse, but let the fate of it's rider be a warning to anyone, who attempts to enter 'The Sally Ann Mine.' Signed, The Phantom.
It's really none of my business, but I don't think you're taking the doctor's warning seriously enough.
A warning to unreliable elements will not be issued again.
There's a broadcast warning going out at 10.30.
I'm warning you all.
Either we can surrender to an epidemic of crime and violence which will destroy our homes and our community, or we can give warning to the host of other gangsters and murderers that they are through.
She was only warning me.
Warn your people, so they can't say they weren't given fair warning.
This is your only warning.
I'm warning you, Dr. Seward. If you don't send me away, you must answer for what will happen to Miss Mina!
Fair warning.
A friendly warning.
Just a final warning.
What? - They're here. She was only warning me.
He's warning the whole 39 Steps.
Well, I'm warning you.
I'm going to leave you now, but I must say I'm grateful to Pasqual for his warning.
I'm warning you!
This is merely a friendly warning that any usher caught chewing gum during the performance of duty will be dismissed.
That's your last warning.
I've heard that warning before.
I'm warning you if in eight days no one is here, you're going to hear from me!
Nevertheless, I'm warning you. If you interfere with her, you'll get into trouble. Oh, I see then.
I'm warning you, I don't intend paying any more of your gambling debts.
So take my warning.
She's been condemned to the block for warning us.
I'm warning you.
Sorgues. I'm warning you.
I am warning you that I will be around personally to see that you do it.

News and current affairs

The consequences for American society are profound, troubling, and a warning to the world - though it probably comes far too late to be heeded.
In a recent speech to the French defense industry, Sarkozy conspicuously failed to repeat the pledge, instead warning that he soon might cut France's defense budget.
Initial warning signs of a pandemic are most likely to appear in the developing world, but detection nodes should be positioned in every country, with the least possible expense.
In searching news archives for the year before the start of these recessions, I found virtually no warning from economists of a severe crisis ahead.
The closest thing to a real warning came before the 1980-82 downturn.
I am not arguing against healthcare capitalism, but warning that support will become fragile, far more so than for, say, globalization nowadays.
They concluded that an early warning system for democratic crises in the region would help generate action before matters got out of control, as in Bolivia today.
Despite the continent's failure to agree on the principle, the idea of an early-warning system deserves attention.
Soaring food prices before the global financial crisis provided a warning, as does the slowing rate of growth of agricultural productivity.
In 2005, the Hadjievs' car was incinerated by a bomb-like device, which they interpreted as a warning to cease their defiant challenges to the Bulgarian - and possibly Turkmen - authorities.
Most of the discussion surrounding how to respond to Asia's tsunami disaster has focused on government relief programs and official schemes to implement early warning systems.
Consider the absence of an early tsunami warning system in the worst affected countries.
Discussion of early warning systems for tsunamis has focused on government programs.
But early warning means more than ocean sensors and satellites; it also implies directing construction away from disaster-prone areas and prodding private businesses to develop effective safety and evacuation procedures.
This year's snowmelt caused landslides and flooding - a warning of more soil erosion and destruction of arable land to come; hundreds died and thousands lost their livelihoods.
China's recent shift to a slower-productivity trajectory is an early warning of what may well be one of its most daunting economic challenges.
The government should take the weak ten-year projection as a warning and a reason to devote policies to reducing fiscal deficits and strengthening incentives for growth.
This is Asia's second wake-up call in three years, and this time the region needs to take the warning seriously.
Given these historical analogies, a slew of heavyweight Keynesian critics are warning that the world is about to repeat all the disasters caused by bad fiscal policy in the 1930's.
That precedent should serve as a warning of how vulnerable governments and their finances can rapidly become, and of how fiscal policy can stand in the way of a monetary approach oriented toward stability.
It could also be used to increase agricultural productivity, saving 200 million from starvation in the long run, while ameliorating natural disasters through early-warning systems.
This warning may seem strange.
Liu's harsh prison sentence was meant as an exemplary measure, a stern warning to all other Chinese who might want to follow his path.
Fiat wallows in crisis; university rectors resign en mass; judges attend the opening session of the judicial year carrying copies of the constitution as a warning to the government.
No one in this supposedly conservative administration had ever heard of Machiavelli's 500-year-old warning not to trust exiles?
Katrina came with at least two days' warning, but authorities waited to issue an evacuation order.
Developing nations' allies, meanwhile, are warning that the sanctions plan could destroy the chances of a post-Kyoto treaty.

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