warns
- 1Third-person singular simple present of warn.
The forecaster warns of heavy snow moving in by nightfall.
A flashing light warns motorists that the bridge is raised.
Note
The present-tense form for a single subject other than I or you: she warns, the sign warns. It carries every construction of the base verb. Someone warns a person of danger, warns that a bridge is up, warns a child against lying, or warns trespassers off. Older English even let a clock warn, meaning it clicked or whirred just before striking the hour, a use now obsolete.
Her doctor warns her against skipping meals.
The farmer warns hikers off his land every spring.
warns is a form of warn
warn, verb: To make someone aware of approaching danger, harm, or trouble. Full entry
- Spelling
- warn → warns: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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