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発音

• IPA: /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n.ə.b(ə)l/
• ハイフネーション: cau‧tion‧a‧ble

形容詞

cautionable (comparative more cautionable, superlative most cautionable)

1. Able to be cautioned or warned; susceptible to being given a caution.
   • 1755, Henry Coley, Merlinus Anglicua Junior: or the STARRY MESSENGER For the Year of our Redemption, 1755., page ???:

     'Tis probable the Actions and Proceedings in the World this Summer Quarter may not appear of that Importance as might be expected, for in this Figure we have a cautionable Admonition to beware of a Snake in the Grass: Though most people's minds seem inclined to Peace and Quietness, yet there are certainly some turbulent, mercurial Spirits at work, to foment and increase Differences, Discord, and Disloyalty.

   • 1921 January-February, “The Torrens Falacy”, in Charles E. George, editor, The Lawyer and Banker and Southern Bench and Bar Review, volume XIV, number 1, page 36:

     What provision are you asked to make or will you make for cautionable interests as a judgment creditor?

   • 2021, Lucy Welsh, Layla Skinns, Andrew Sanders, Sanders and Young's Criminal Justice, page 351:

     The CPS can, in principle, ensure that cautionable cases are not prosecuted by discontinuing them or, since 2003, by directing that they can be cautioned.

使用する際の注意点

Often encountered in legal or police contexts, especially in British English, where a "caution" is a formal warning given by authorities.

同意語

• warnable
• admonishable

関連する語

• caution
• cautionary
• cautious