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a cautionary word

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  • cautionary tale — [n] event illustrating a hazard admonition, advisory, caveat, message, omen, portent, red flag*, sign of things to come*, wake up call*, warning, word to the wise*; concepts 78,274 …   New thesaurus

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  • cautionary tale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cautionary tale : singular cautionary tale plural cautionary tales a story or series of events in which something bad happens that you can use as a warning for the future …   English dictionary

  • word — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 unit of language ADJECTIVE ▪ two letter, three letter, etc. ▪ monosyllabic, polysyllabic ▪ two syllable, three syllable …   Collocations dictionary

  • cautionary tale — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [KAW shun air ee tayl] an event, occurence or story that is used to illustrate a particular hazard; a warning. The shipping industry offers many cautionary tales about single hulled oil tankers and… …   English dictionary for students

  • cautionary — adj. Cautionary is used with these nouns: ↑note, ↑tale, ↑word …   Collocations dictionary

  • word of advice — noun cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) (Freq. 1) a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality the warning was to beware of surprises his final word of advice was not to play… …   Useful english dictionary

  • attention — late 14c., giving heed, from L. attentionem (nom. attentio) attention, attentiveness, noun of action from pp. stem of attendere mental heeding (see ATTEND (Cf. attend)). Used with a remarkable diversity of verbs (e.g. pay, gather, attract, draw,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Military parade — The Grenadier Guards on parade outside Buckingham Palace, London …   Wikipedia

  • Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses — The eschatology of Jehovah s Witnesses is central to their religious beliefs. They believe that Jesus Christ has been ruling in heaven as king since 1914 (a date they believe was prophesied in Scripture), and that after that time a period of… …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

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