Used in a Sentence

warnings

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

Editorial note

If you use enable gcc warnings (which you ought to for every conceivably useful warnings:-) ), that will be caught.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

noun

The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for warnings.

noun

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

noun

The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

If you use enable gcc warnings (which you ought to for every conceivably useful warnings:-) ), that will be caught.

2

When maintenance or issues arise, notifications come with good warnings and explanations – the cost is reasonable and the service good.

3

It goes into too much detail and then close to the end is just a short warnings about how so much of the above was GNU specific.

4

If the security warnings are discouraging people from installing new software, they would equally discourage Chrome and Safari installation.

5

Even worse are mixtures of signed and unsigned operands in expressions; luckily, C compilers tend to have reasonably decent warnings about that.

6

The primary target market is a dev board for automotive applications like dashboard rendering, machine vision for things like backup warnings, etc.

7

Ruby, on the other hand--well, SublimeLinter or equivalent provides detailed and well-explained warnings if Ruby code doesn't make sense or is potentially problematic.

8

Which is why it was a great fit for MySQL, which would silently store invalid dates and truncate over-long strings with no warnings.

9

Good luck getting the warnings of scientists to sink in with Neapolitans.

10

I don't know if I could rationalize even tossing it up on Github with warnings though.

11

Use `clang -Weverything -std=c11 main.c` if you want strict warnings.

12

When everything can be properly typed, I only ever get warnings about assigning the wrong function types to the wrong function pointer variables.

Quote examples

1

Warnings aren't a serious effort to deal with the problem, especially when the "warnings" aren't backed by any consequences that the employer is willing and able to impose.

2

Its clueless to issue "verbal warnings" when there are no consequences that the manager is willing to follow through on beyond those warnings.

3

I was getting "inconsistent formaula" warnings just yesterday when I was trying to make a spreadsheet.

4

Yea, it looks like a useful tool to provide support while following the warnings: Warning: Not suitable for children under 36 months Warning: Only to be used in water in which the child is within its depth and under adult supervision Warning: To be used under the direct supervision of an adult I don't think it's a mistake that "under adult supervision" is said twice.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use warnings in a sentence?

If you use enable gcc warnings (which you ought to for every conceivably useful warnings:-) ), that will be caught.

What does warnings mean?

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

What part of speech is warnings?

warnings is commonly used as noun.