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look out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be wary |
| Synonyms: | be alert, be careful, be on guard, beware, check out, have a care, heads up, hearken, keep an eye out, keep tabs, listen, mind, notice, pay attention, peg, pick up on, scope, shotgun, size up, spot, spy, watch out |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | overlook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a view of something |
| Synonyms: | afford a view, command, command a view, dominate, front on, give on, give upon, have a prospect of, inspect, look down, look out, look out on, look over, mount, oversee, overtop, soar above, surmount, survey, top, tower over, view, watch over |
| Notes: | overlook (verb) means to look past or fail to notice, while oversee (verb) means to watch and direct |
| Main Entry: | warning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | notice of possible occurrence |
| Synonyms: | Mayday, SOS, admonition, advice, alarm, alert, augury, caution, caveat, distress signal, example, exhortation, fore, foretoken, forewarning, guidance, handwriting on wall, heads up, hint, indication, information, injunction, intimation, lesson, look out, notification, omen, portent, prediction, premonition, presage, recommendation, sign, signal, suggestion, threat, tip, tip-off, token, watch-it, wink, word, word to the wise |
| Main Entry: | watch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guard, protect |
| Synonyms: | attend, be on alert, be on the lookout, be vigilant, be wary, be watchful, care for, keep, keep eyes open, keep eyes peeled, keep watch over, look after, look out, mind, oversee, patrol, pick up on, police, ride shotgun for, superintend, take care of, take heed, tend, wait |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect |
| Concept: | Warning. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to Ends; Contingent Subservience |
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-nouns
warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm., handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch., watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse (indication of locality)., sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout., cautiousness.
-verbs
warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn; admonish, premonish; give notice, give warning, dehort; menace (threaten); put on one's guard; sound the alarm; croak., beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward (care).
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-phrases
ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort; foenum habet in cornu; caveat actor; le silence du people est la legon des rois; verbum sat sapienti; un averti en vaut deux.
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