Warning

a.	1.	Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice. That warning timepiece never ceased. - Longfellow. Warning piece (Horol.) a piece or wheel which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.
n.	1.	Previous notice. A great journey to take upon so short a warning. - L'Estrange.
	2.	Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition. Could warning make the world more just or wise. - Dryden.

Noun	1.	warning - a message informing of danger
	2.	warning - cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) Synonyms: admonition, word of advice, monition
Adj.	1.	warning - serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" Synonyms: admonitory, monitory, cautionary, exemplary

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