warning signal

collocation in English

meaningsofwarningandsignal

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warning
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈwɔː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈwɔːr.nɪŋ/
something that makes you understand there is a possible danger or problem, especially one in ...
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signal
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/us
/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/
an action, movement, or sound that gives information, a message, a warning, or ...
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(Definition ofwarningandsignalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwarning signal

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The predictive value of awarningsignalmade little difference to the performance of 6- and 8-year-olds, but it considerably improved the performance of adults.
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In other words, adults are better able than children to work out when awarningsignalis relevant and use its information to guide their attention.
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This should be relatively easy to monitor over time in a range of systems, providing an earlywarningsignalthat global warming is affecting intertidal communities.
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After this period of time, awarningsignalappeared on the screen for 3 s, after which a new study list was presented.
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However, should not the repetition of all those calls be awarningsignalto us?
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That is awarningsignalwhich we cannot ignore.
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Then he is watched by the inspector to see that he sounds the horn orwarningsignalon the car 50 yards before a crossing.
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Fines could act as awarningsignalbefore a licence was removed.
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I think that any air-raidwarningsignal, whatever it may be, is calculated to have a little disturbing effect.
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What do we do, and the many people here who are over eighty years of age, when we hear awarningsignal?
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Perhaps that is awarningsignalto those who want to cut it.
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Something has to be done about this and the last elections were awarningsignal.
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It is for the police to decide whether to use this or any otherwarningsignal.
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Therefore, thewarningsignalhas been issued to rubber perfectly clearly.
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If that is so, it should be stated and realised, because it is anotherwarningsignalof the commencement of the buyers' market.
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With separate currencies, if the economy becomes uncompetitive we get awarningsignal—the balance of payments deficit—and we can take remedial action.
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That was thewarningsignal, and it was the beginning of the end because the shoals began to diminish.
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That should act as yet anotherwarningsignalthat we are treading a dangerous path.
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They started to give thewarningsignal.
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