What does caveat mean?
Caveat means A warning..
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/ˈkævɪæt/ · noun
A warning..
There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]
Two young Harvard M.B.A.'s worked up some highly optimistic projections—with the caveat that these were speculative and should of course be tested.
He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.
If a midfielder and a defender are acquired by 1 September then Louis van Gaal will consider United's summer in the market almost a success. The one caveat is that the Dutchman wished to have finished strengthening the squad before the start of the season.
The writing has been on the wall that Americans’ support for mass deportation was subject to all kinds of caveats and provisos.
If someone has been transparent about their journey with GLP-1s, it’s OK to ask specific follow-up questions, she adds. One caveat, though: Don’t bring up the subject loudly or in front of other people.
If I adhered to the system of caveats, which would throw it upon an individual to be cautious, and to look out lest he should not have notice, if he did not enter a caveat I would require him to specify in respect of what he entered his caveat. General caveats, I think, should not be allowed against all the world and against general inventions, for the same reasons that I would not allow a person to have a patent for a general title without specifying upon what improvements he applied for a patent.
Use caveat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Caveat means A warning..
Common synonyms include stipulation, proviso, condition, caution.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
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