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example
English
Etymology
From Middle English exaumple, example, from Old French essample (French exemple), from Latin exemplum (“a sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out (as a sample)”), from exim? (“take out”), from ex (“out”) + em? (“buy; acquire”); see exempt. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus, forbusen from Old English b?sen, and Middle English byspel from Old English b?spell. Doublet of exemplum and sample.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??mpl?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /???z??mp?/
- (General Australian, US, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /???zæmpl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???zæmpl?/
- Rhymes: -??mp?l, -æmp?l
- Hyphenation: ex?am?ple
Noun
example (plural examples)
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Synonyms
- e.g.
- See also Thesaurus:model
- See also Thesaurus:exemplar
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- exemplar
- model
- pattern
- quotation
- template
Verb
example (third-person singular simple present examples, present participle exampling, simple past and past participle exampled)
- To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Further reading
- example in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- example in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- exempla
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caution
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cauti?, from cautus, past participle of cave?, cav?re (“be on one's guard”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôshn, IPA(key): /?k???(?)n/
- (US) enPR: käshn, kôshn, IPA(key): /?k???(?)n/, /?k??(?)n/
- (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: käshn, IPA(key): /?k??n?/
- Rhymes: -????n
Noun
caution (countable and uncountable, plural cautions)
- Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction; prudence in regard to danger; provident care
- A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided
- The guideline expressed caution against excessive radiographic imaging.
- Security; guaranty; bail.
- (dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.
- Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh.
- (law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
- (soccer) A yellow card.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:caution
Hyponyms
- precaution
Derived terms
- cautionary
- cautious
Related terms
- caveat
- err on the side of caution
- throw caution to the wind
Translations
Verb
caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)
- (transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
- (soccer) To give a yellow card
Translations
Anagrams
- auction, tauonic
French
Etymology
From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cauti?, cauti?nem, from cautus, past participle of cave?, cav?re (“be on one's guard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.sj??/
Noun
caution f (plural cautions)
- caution, guaranty, bail
- deposit
- security deposit
Derived terms
- cautionnement m
- cautionner
Further reading
- “caution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- couinât
Norman
Etymology
From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cauti?, cauti?nem.
Noun
caution f (plural cautions)
- (Jersey) deposit
- (Jersey, law) bail
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