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caveat

Noun

IPA /ˈkæviæt/

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A warning or qualification that limits what someone has said or agreed to.

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caveat/ˈkæviæt/

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The plan is acceptable
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A caveat adds a warning or qualification to an otherwise general statement.

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I recommended the restaurant with one caveat: it gets very noisy.
The researcher added a caveat about the small number of participants.

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caveat — A warning or qualification that limits what someone has said or agreed to.

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A warning or qualification that limits what someone has said or agreed to.

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Word origin

From Latin caveat, meaning let a person beware.

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With one caveat introduces an important limitation to an otherwise positive statement.

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