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ca·ve·at

(kăv′ē-ät′, kä′vē-, kā′vē-ăt′)

a. A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats.

b. A qualification or explanation.

2. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.

v. ca·ve·at·ed, ca·ve·at·ing, ca·ve·ats or ca·ve·at·ted or ca·ve·at·ting

v.intr. Law

To submit a caveat.

v.tr.

1. Law To make a caveat to (a will, for example).

2. Informal To qualify with a warning or clarification: The spokesperson caveated the statement with a reminder that certain facts were still unknown.

[From Latin, let him beware, third person sing. present subjunctive of cavēre, to beware.]

cav′e·a·tor n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

caveat

(ˈkeɪvɪˌæt; ˈkæv-)

1. (Law) 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

2. a warning; caution

[C16: from Latin, literally: let him beware]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ca•ve•at

(ˈkæv iˌɑt, -ˌæt, ˈkɑ vi-, keɪ-)

n.

1. a warning or caution; admonition.

2. a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing.

[< Latin: may (he, she) beware]

caveat

A designator used with a classification to further limit the dissemination of restricted information.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

caveat

a legal notice to beware; a notice placed on file until the caveator can be heard. — caveator, n. — caveatee, n.

caveat

noun warning, caution, admonition, qualification, proviso, reservation, condition He added the caveat that all the figures in the survey were suspect.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

caveat

noun

Advice to beware, as of a person or thing:

admonishment, admonition, caution, monition, warning.

Translations

advarsel

advertencia aviso

varoitus

avertissement recommandation

ammonimento avvertimento opposizione

waarschuwing

aviso isenção qualificação

о пояснение предостережение предуведомление предупреждение

varning

caveat

[ˈkævɪæt] N → advertencia f (Jur) → advertencia f de suspensión
to enter a caveat → hacer una advertencia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

caveat

[ˈkæviæt ˈkeɪviæt] n → mise f en gardecave dweller n → homme m des cavernes, troglodyte mcave-in [ˈkeɪvɪn] n [roof] → effondrement m

caveat

n → Vorbehalt m; to enter a caveat (Jur) → Einspruch einlegen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

caveat

[ˈkævɪˌæt] n → ammonimento, avvertimento

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Noun	1.	caveat - a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices" caution warning - a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode"
	2.	caveat - (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against the probate of a will" notice - an announcement containing information about an event; "you didn't give me enough notice"; "an obituary notice"; "a notice of sale law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"