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Caveat
Caveat
noun
ca·ve·at ˈka-vē-ˌät -ˌat, ˈkä-vē-ˌät ˈkā-vē-ˌat
Synonyms of caveat
1
a
: a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices
a caveat against unfair practices
b
: an explanation to prevent misinterpretation
c
: a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something
The driving instructor gave his students this caveat: if you are driving under the speed limit, stay in the far right lane.
2
: a legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition has a hearing
Did you know?
Example Sentences
Sound great? There's just one caveat: Knowledge about how genes work is still in the scientific Stone Age.
—Andrea Knox, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2000
We'll add a caveat of our own for parents: After your kids walk through 17,500 gal. of swirling water, they're not going to be satisfied running through the lawn sprinkler.
—Jim Wilson, Popular Mechanics, July 1999
But the youthquake in the new economy comes with a caveat that also may begin applying to politics. If you're inexperienced and you want a big job, you'd better be smart as hell.
—Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, 22 Nov. 1999
… a cluster bomb can destroy objects over a wider area, with the important caveat that it is effective only if the bomblets have sufficient destructive power on their own.
—Norman Friedman, Desert Victory, 1991
His investment advice comes with a caveat: that the stock market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Disney’s advice to billionaires to fly commercially instead of private came with a caveat, as flying business class takes up more space on a plane and leads to higher individual emissions than flying coach.
—Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
If the best way to describe how the 2021 season unfolded for the Yankees and Mets was tedious, then the right adjective to describe the 2022 campaign for New York baseball as captivating but with a caveat.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
Justifying one’s medical decision-making based on one’s education, training, and experience comes with a caveat.
—Richard Marfuggi, STAT, 22 Dec. 2022
noun
ca·ve·at ˈka-vē-ˌät -ˌat, ˈkä-vē-ˌät ˈkā-vē-ˌat
Synonyms of caveat
1
a
: a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices
a caveat against unfair practices
b
: an explanation to prevent misinterpretation
c
: a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something
The driving instructor gave his students this caveat: if you are driving under the speed limit, stay in the far right lane.
2
: a legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition has a hearing
Did you know?
You may be familiar with the old saying caveat emptor, nowadays loosely translated as "let the buyer beware." In the 16th century, this adage was imparted as a safeguard for the seller: allow the buyer to examine the item (for example, a horse) before the sale is completed, so the seller can't be blamed if the item turns out to be unsatisfactory. Caveat in Latin means "let him beware" and comes from the verb cavēre, meaning "to be on guard." Perhaps you've also heard caveat lector: "let the reader beware," a warning to take what one reads with a grain of salt. English retained caveat itself as a noun for something that serves to warn, explain, or caution. The word caution is another descendant of cavēre.
Example Sentences
Sound great? There's just one caveat: Knowledge about how genes work is still in the scientific Stone Age.
—Andrea Knox, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2000
We'll add a caveat of our own for parents: After your kids walk through 17,500 gal. of swirling water, they're not going to be satisfied running through the lawn sprinkler.
—Jim Wilson, Popular Mechanics, July 1999
But the youthquake in the new economy comes with a caveat that also may begin applying to politics. If you're inexperienced and you want a big job, you'd better be smart as hell.
—Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, 22 Nov. 1999
… a cluster bomb can destroy objects over a wider area, with the important caveat that it is effective only if the bomblets have sufficient destructive power on their own.
—Norman Friedman, Desert Victory, 1991
His investment advice comes with a caveat: that the stock market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Disney’s advice to billionaires to fly commercially instead of private came with a caveat, as flying business class takes up more space on a plane and leads to higher individual emissions than flying coach.
—Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
If the best way to describe how the 2021 season unfolded for the Yankees and Mets was tedious, then the right adjective to describe the 2022 campaign for New York baseball as captivating but with a caveat.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
Justifying one’s medical decision-making based on one’s education, training, and experience comes with a caveat.
—Richard Marfuggi, STAT, 22 Dec. 2022