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caveat

[ kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key- ]

noun

  1. a warning or caution:

    Before proceeding with the investment, he was given a caveat about potential risks and volatility in the stock market.

  2. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of caveat1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin: “let him beware,” 3rd-person singular present subjunctive of ŧ “to take care”; caution
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of caveat1

C16: from Latin, literally: let him beware
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Early reviews have largely been positive, with a few caveats.

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Thatcher and President Ronald Reagan shared a similar world view, and Trump has spoken of his admiration for the two, albeit with the caveat that he didn't agree with some of Reagan's trade policies.

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Thompson, the CEO of After the Fire, emphasized that litigation is a “really important” part of the recovery and rebuilding, but she highlighted several caveats.

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But for Noland there is one caveat with his Neuralink chip - he agreed to be part of a study which installed it for six years, after which point the future is less clear.

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The one caveat was that the footage was of low quality in terms of format.

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