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Definition: Caveat |
CaveatNoun1. A warning against certain acts: "a caveat against unfair practices". 2. (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing: "a caveat filed against the probate of a will". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caveat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Caveat \Ca"ve*at\, noun. [Latin expression caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]. (references) |
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Finance | Latin for "let him beware." In real estate transactions, it is a formal warning against the performance of specified acts. (references) |
Literature | Caveat (3 syl.) To enter a caveat. To give legal notice that the opponent is not to proceed with the suit in hand until the party giving the notice has been heard; to give a warning or admonition. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: CaveatSynonym: caution (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice). |
Compact | Phrase: caveat emptor. |
Purchase | Phrase: caveat emptor; the customer is always right. |
Warning | Phrase: 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. |
Noun: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice; (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Caveat |
| English words defined with "caveat": caution, Caveator. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "caveat": caveat subscriptor. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Caveat" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (should be cautious). |
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Political Economy | Indonesia | The decree provides a caveat that permits the Army to provide security assistance to the State Police upon the latter's request. (references) |
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| "Caveat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.37% of the time. "Caveat" is used about 108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.37% | 103 | 32,137 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.78% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.93% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.93% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 108 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "caveat": caveat actor ♦ caveat emptor ♦ enter a caveat. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
caveat emptor | 75 |
caveat | 48 |
caveat investor so | 10 |
caveat lector | 4 |
caveat definition | 4 |
caveat define | 3 |
caveat european limited | 2 |
caveat definition emptor | 2 |
caveat emptor meaning | 2 |
caveat european | 2 |
caveat venditor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "caveat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | възражение (answer, demur, demurrer, deprecation, exception, expostulation, objection, protest, protestation, question, rejoinder, remonstrance, reply, reservation), протест (expostulation, kick, objection, obtestation, outcry, protest, protestation, rebellion, remonstrance), искане за временен патент. (various references) | |
Chinese | 警告 (Cautionary, Cautioned, Cautioning, Warn, Warned, Warning). (various references) | |
Czech | varování (caution, monition, premonition, tip off, warning). (various references) | |
Dutch | verzet tegen het huwelijk (caveat to a marriage), stuiting van het huwelijk (caveat to a marriage). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیش بینی احتیاطی , اگهی (Notice, Poster, Ticket), اخطار (Alarm, Notice, Notification, Premonition, Signal, Tipoff). (various references) | |
Finnish | avioliiton estävän seikan ilmoittaminen (caveat to a marriage), avioesteestä ilmoittaminen (caveat to a marriage). (various references) | |
French | pourvoi, notification d'opposition. (various references) | |
German | Vorsichtsmaßnahme (precaution, precautionary measure, preventative), vorbehalt (condition, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, terms), Verwahrung (custody, detention, flashing, keeping, protest, safe keeping, safekeeping). (various references) | |
Greek | ανακοπή δίκησ, ανακοπή (failure, respite, suspension). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kikötés (clause, grounding, landfall, landing, mooring, provision, provisions, proviso, qualifier, reservation, restraint, salvo, stipulation), ellentmondás (antagonism, antilogy, clash, conflict, contradiction, discrepancy, paradox, repugnance). (various references) | |
Italian | preservamento (safe keeping, safekeeping), ammonimento (admonishment, admonition, exhortation, warning). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aveatcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | embargo (attachment, detainer, detention, embargo, escheat, estoppel, injunction, lien). (various references) | |
Romanian | protest (demur, objection, protest, protestation, remonstrance), prevenire (admonishment, monition, premonition, warning), opoziţie (antagonism, antithesis, conflict, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, dead set, hostility, opponency, opposite, opposition, resistance, stand), notificare (intimation, notification, service), avertisment (admonishment, caution, monition, notice, premonition, warning). (various references) | |
Russian | предостережение (admonishment, admonition, ahem, caution, monition, premonition, warning). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | naredba za suspendovanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | veto (appeal, veto), protestacion (safe keeping, safekeeping), advertencia (admonition, advice note, caution, premonition, reminder, tip, warning). (various references) | |
Swedish | varning (admonish, admonition, caution, monition, warning), protest (expostulation, obtestation, protest, protestation). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyarı (admonition, admonitory, advice, caution, commination, demerit, demerit mark, exhortation, injunction, lecture, monition, notice, remark, remonstrance, tip off, warning), ikaz (awakening, caution, commination, monition, notice, tip off, warning), işlemlerin askıya alınması, askı başvurusu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | застереження (admonishment, admonition, caution, clause, condition, document, lesson, notification, provision, qualification, reservation, restriction, salvo, warning), попередження (admonishment, admonition, caution, notice, notification, prediction, premonition, warning, wire). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | máng tro (ash-box, ash-pan, ash-pit, ash-stand), hang. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caveat": caveated, caveating, caveator, caveators, caveats. (additional references) | |
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"Caveat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avea, cadea, Cadeac, cadeau, Cadvat, caevat, caevet, Cajetan, Caleta, Capelat, cavae, cavaeat, cavaet, cavat, cavear, caveate, caveated, cavecat, cavent, caveot, cavert, cavet, cavete, cavia, caviad, caviat, cavieat, cavout, caweat, ceavet, cevaet, ceveat, cevent, Chauvet, Chaviva, Civita, conveat, coveat, Cueva, Shavuot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "caveat" (pronounced 'Ca"ve*at'): Acrobat, AEgrotat, Aeroboat, Aeronat, Aflat, Aleuronat, Alternat, Amadavat, Apitpat, Aristocrat, Asquat, Assignat, Autocrat, Avocat, Banat, Bedagat, Bellycheat, Blackcoat, Bluecoat, Bluethroat, Brickbat, Buat, Buckwheat, Bumboat, Bureaucrat, Carat, Catboat, Cedrat, Cervelat, Chitchat, Chopboat, Clinostat, Cockboat, Commissariat, Concordat, Constat, Cowwheat, Cravat, Creat, Croat, Cumquat, Curat, Dandiprat, Deadbeat, Eclat, ferryboat, fiat, flatboat, Flyboat, forcemeat. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: vacate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-t-v" | |
-1 letter: aceta. | |
-2 letters: acta, cate, cave, tace. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ate, ava, ave, cat, eat, eta, tae, tav, tea, vac, vat, vet. | |
-4 letters: aa, ae, at, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-t-v" | |
+1 letter: caveats, clavate, vacated, vacates. | |
+2 letters: acervate, activate, advocate, cavatine, caveated, caveator, cavitate, evacuant, evacuate, excavate, vicarate. | |
+3 letters: activated, activates, advocated, advocates, anchoveta, autoclave, calmative, captivate, causative, cavaletti, caveating, caveators, cavitated, cavitates, evacuants, evacuated, evacuates, excavated, excavates, excavator, placative, postcavae, vaccinate, vacillate, vacuolate, vicarates, vicariate. | |
+4 letters: accusative, adjectival, advocative, anchovetas, anchovetta, architrave, attractive, autoclaved, autoclaves, aviatrices, calmatives, capacitive, captivated, captivates, causatives, cavalletti, coacervate, covenantal, deactivate, divaricate, evacuating, evacuation, evacuative, excavating, excavation, excavators, inactivate, lacerative, reactivate, stavesacre, vacantness, vacationed, vacationer, vaccinated, vaccinates, vacillated, vacillates, vacuolated, vasoactive, vaticinate, vicariates. | |
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