caveat

[kav-ee-aht, -at, kah-vee-, key-] /ˈkæv iˌɑt, -ˌæt, ˈkɑ vi-, keɪ-/

noun

a warning or caution; admonition.

Law. a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing:

a caveat filed against the probate of a will.

Origin

< Latin: let him beware, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of cavēre to take care; see caution

Spanish Words for caveat

advertencia

Hear It

feminine noun
1.

[law, legal] advertencia (f) de suspensiónoun

to enter a caveat

hacer una advertencia

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Examples from the web for caveat

Yes, caveat emptor applies, ie there is an onus on the buyer to understand what they are doing with their data.
With one tiny caveat: it roughly connects those two areas.
It could, with the caveat that the transmitter and receiver need to remain coherent with each other.
He will give a colorful, sometimes near-legendary account of an event, then undercut it with a well-researched caveat.
For those of us lucky enough to eavesdrop, it's instructive as well-part caveat emptor, part intellectual high bar.
caveat emptor may be a reasonable approach for many consumer products, but not for prescription drugs.
One caveat to keep in mind as you click through is that you don't know the true price of something until it is sold.
As a caveat--this is something that is going to play out for many years.
So, caveat lector, we're looking at incomplete and only suggestive data.
My only caveat to such license is that if you use rice, you must use short- or medium-grained rice.

British Dictionary definitions for caveat

caveat

/ˈkeɪvɪˌæt; ˈkæv-/

noun

(law) a formal notice requesting the court or officer to refrain from taking some specified action without giving prior notice to the person lodging the caveat

a warning; caution

Word Origin

C16: from Latin, literally: let him beware

Word Origin and History for caveat

1540s, from Latin, literally "let him beware," 3rd person singular present subjunctive of cavere "to beware, take heed, watch, guard against," from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (cf. Sanskrit kavih "wise, sage, seer, poet;" Lithuanian kavoti "tend, safeguard;" Armenian cucanem "I show;" Latin cautio "wariness;" Greek koein "to mark, perceive, hear," kydos "glory, fame," literally "that which is heard of;" Old Church Slavonic chujo "to feel, perceive, hear," cudo "wonder," literally "that which is heard of;" Czech (z)koumati "to perceive, be aware of;" Serbian chuvati "watch, heed;" Old English sceawian "to look at" (cf. show (v.)); Middle Dutch schoon "beautiful, bright," properly "showy;" Gothic hausjan "hear").