caveat

caveat is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
2. noun. A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
3. noun. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
4. noun. (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing

   "a caveat filed against the probate of a will"

5. noun. a warning against certain acts

   "a caveat against unfair practices"

   Synonyms: caution

Synonyms

caution

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in caveat:

cavate, vacate

Common word forms

caveats, caveated, caveating

Words from these letters

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