HOW TO PRONOUNCE
caveat
/ˈkeɪviˌæt/
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The first vowel sounds like day and carries the main stress. Say the following ee vowel separately before the final vowel in cat.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“I agree, with one caveat.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does caveat mean?
noun
- A warning.
- A qualification or exemption.
- A formal objection.
More meanings (8)
noun
- A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
- A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
verb
- To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
- To formally object to something.
- To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
- (dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
- (obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.
proper noun
- A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkeɪviˌæt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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It was also asserted that the filing of the Gray caveat antedated by a few hours the filing of the Bell application.
I therefore entered a caveat there; and continued working at my model in the evenings.
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Even Gray himself, as he admitted in court, failed when he tried to make a telephone on the lines laid down in his caveat.
And this one holy institution was found setting at its peak the black flag of the trader, the "Jolly Roger" of the modern commercial pirate--"Caveat emptor!"