1. (

• warning

) a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode" ;

2. (

• admonition ,
• monition ,
• warning ,
• word_of_advice

) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "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 with matches" ;

3. (

• warning ,

) notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin" ;

1. (

• admonitory ,
• cautionary ,
• exemplary ,
• monitory ,
• warning

) serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" ;