warned
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
An inflected form of warn · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,816 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,889 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- notify of danger, potential harm, or risk The director warned him that he might be firedThe doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking
- advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior also: discourage, admonish, monish I warned him not to go too farI warn you against false assumptions
- ask to go away The old man warned the children off his property
- notify, usually in advance I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions
warned in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Warned by experience, he determined now to be diplomatic.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 2
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I warned you--most serious I done so--and what more could I do?
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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A crackling twig or a loose stone struck by a foot might have warned him.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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But the United States of the World, which came into being in 2067, definitely warned them away.
Brigands of the Moon · Ray Cummings · Chapter 1
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On returning to the Isle Aeaean, Odysseus was warned by Circé of the dangers he would encounter.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1