- warning
- nounADJECTIVE▪ dire, grim, ominous, stark (esp. BrE), stern, strong▪
There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.
▪ repeated, urgent▪ adequate, advance, ample, due (esp. BrE), early, fair, prior▪I need advance warning of how many people to cater for.
▪ little▪There was little warning of the coming disaster.
▪ clear, specific▪ coded (BrE)▪The explosion came 20 minutes after a coded warning to police.
▪ first, initial▪ final, last▪The referee gave him a final warning.
▪ formal, government, official▪ salutary (esp. BrE), timely▪The team's defeat is a salutary warning before the World Cup.
▪ friendly▪ veiled▪Her words sounded like a veiled warning.
▪ audible, visual▪There is an audible warning when a certain speed is exceeded.
▪ verbal, written (both esp. BrE)▪His employers have placed him on final written warning.
▪ intelligence▪intelligence warnings of terrorist attacks
▪ air-raid, bomb, hazard, terror, terrorist, threat (AmE)▪ travel (esp. AmE)▪ fire, flood, gale, hurricane, storm, tornado, tsunami▪There are 39 severe flood warnings on 22 rivers across the country.
▪A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Gulf Coast.
▪ health, safety▪Every cigarette packet carries a government health warning. (BrE)
▪ profits (BrE)VERB + WARNING▪ give (sb), issue, post, send, send out▪The police have issued a warning about pickpockets.
▪Hurricane warnings have been posted on their website.
▪The Institute has sent out a new warning to all businesses.
▪ provide▪The sensors provide early warning of the approach of enemy troops.
▪ shout, shout out, sound▪The sirens sound a warning when fighter planes are sighted.
▪The strike sounded a warning to all employers in the industry.
▪ reiterate, repeat▪ be, serve as▪Let this be a warning to you not to trespass on my land again!
▪What happened to him should serve as a warning to all dishonest politicians.
▪ get, have, receive▪ ignore▪ heed▪They failed to heed a warning about the dangerous currents in the river.
WARNING + VERB▪ come▪The warning came just minutes before the bomb exploded.
▪ sound▪On that day in 1916 air-raid warnings sounded throughout Edinburgh.
WARNING + NOUN▪ label (esp. AmE), notice (esp. BrE), sign▪a campaign for health warning labels on alcohol
▪Red marks on the skin may be a warning sign for this disease.
▪ bell, light, signal, systemPREPOSITION▪ in warning▪The dog growled in warning as we approached.
▪ without warning▪He left his wife without warning.
▪ warning about▪a warning about teaching children to swim
▪ warning against▪a warning against complacency
▪ warning of▪They sent us fair warning of their arrival.
▪ warning to▪The police issued a warning to all drug users in the city.
PHRASES▪ let that/this be a warning (to you)▪ a word of warning▪He gave us a word of warning about going out alone at night.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
