warn
/wɔːn/
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Translation
To tell someone about a danger or problem before it happens.
Word origin
From Old English warnian, meaning to take heed or give notice.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- warnian
Grammar
Verb typeregular (warn, warns, warned)
Examples
pan.
Here "warn" means to tell someone about a danger.
sign .
"Warns" is the form used with he, she, or it.
.
"Warned" is the past form of "warn".
Used in
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