Used in a Sentence

caveats

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for caveats.

Editorial note

My hope is that some of its bigger caveats (such as crash recovery) get solved sooner rather than later.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A warning.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of caveats gathered in one view.

noun

A warning.

noun

A qualification or exemption.

noun

A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for caveats.

noun

A warning.

noun

A qualification or exemption.

noun

A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

noun

(law) A formal objection.

Example sentences

1

My hope is that some of its bigger caveats (such as crash recovery) get solved sooner rather than later.

2

My online writing has become riddled with caveats and disclaimers, pandering to the least charitable readers.

3

There are some caveats though, which goes for any book that will be presented here.

4

If you are american or from a western country you would be probably fine, but if not, there are some caveats.

5

The (major) caveats are three-fold: 1) The money cannot be touched until retirement.

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Some caveats: * Sense does not actually show your Wi-Fi password at all.

7

Now I've become a lot more technical, the programmer of the office (VBA, ugh) to a programmer without caveats.

8

There are two caveats to Toastmasters: - each chapter is different.

9

I've earned/burned about the same volume of points as you and can attest that this hobby is awesome, with some caveats.

10

It's caveats all the way down, even when you are 'sure'.

11

You just flipped one of your caveats: no internet connectivity.

12

A few caveats to keep in mind: - I filed issue #24 on Git which you fixed, thank you - very helpful.

Quote examples

1

For anything else, the outcome is likely to be the same - not much is changing in that "golden hour" (with all caveats thereto) in terms of definitive care.

2

The paper ends with "The caveats and analysis also point to the following conclusion: For tossed coins, the classical assumptions of independence with probability 1/2 are pretty solid."

3

My point was to refute the assertion that it's "because developers don't run companies in general." If we're going to add lots of caveats to what 'developer' means, then we're essentially making a 'No true scotsman argument' -- (i.e.

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For example, if you make the AI "learn" a utility function about making cheeseburgers by using observations and reinforcement learning, and then the AI self-improves, you are most likely dead, because the learned utility function didn't include all possible caveats about not killing or torturing people to make cheeseburgers faster.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use caveats in a sentence?

My hope is that some of its bigger caveats (such as crash recovery) get solved sooner rather than later.

What does caveats mean?

A warning.

What part of speech is caveats?

caveats is commonly used as noun.