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caveat
[ kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key- ]
noun
- a warning or caution:
Before proceeding with the investment, he was given a caveat about potential risks and volatility in the stock market.
- Law. a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing:
a caveat filed against the probate of a will.
verb (used with or without object)
- to give a warning or caution (about information being presented):
The authors of the paper caveated their findings with a reminder that further research would be necessary.
Rather than hedging and caveating, I'll just say what I think.
caveat
/ ˈkeɪvɪˌæt; ˈkæv- /
noun
- law a formal notice requesting the court or officer to refrain from taking some specified action without giving prior notice to the person lodging the caveat
- a warning; caution
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of caveat1
Example Sentences
But the following caveat must always apply when assessing Donald Trump and his political fortunes: He has repeatedly broken the limitations, expectations, and force of the “conventional wisdom.”
Subject to this caveat, he envisions a future where the US protects its manufacturing industries more than its agricultural goods.
"Still... I think there needs to be a caveat," he added.
But that caveat is drowned out by the hyperbolic and highly gendered language that frames empathy as emasculating.
Legislation presented to Parliament must be "without dilution or caveat" the Inquest charity said after it was reported last month a meeting with the Prime Minister was cancelled.
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