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==Origin==
[[Latin]] caution-, cautio precaution, from cavēre to be on one's guard. French caution [[security]], surety < Latin cautiōn-em taking heed, heedfulness, caution; bond, security, < caut- participial stem of cavēre to beware, take heed. The earlier uses were as in French; it was only in 16–17th cent. that the original Latin sense, as a [[quality]], was introduced
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1566]
==Definitions==
*1: warning, admonishment
*2: precaution
*3: prudent forethought to minimize [[risk]]
*4: one that astonishes or commands [[attention]] <some shoes you see … these days are a caution — Esquire>
*5: The taking of heed; ‘provident care, wariness against [[evil]]’ ([[Samuel Johnson|Johnson]]), as a kind or [[quality]] of [[conduct]]; cautiousness, heedfulness, circumspectness, prudence in regard to [[danger]].
==Description==
In United States safety standards, '''''precautionary statements''''' are sentences providing [[information]] on [[potential]] hazards, and proper [[procedures]]. They are used in situations from consumer [[product]] on labels and manuals, to [[description]]s of [[physical]] [[activities]]. Various [[methods]] are used to bring [[focus]] to them, such as setting apart from [[normal]] [[text]], graphic icons, [[changes]] in text's font and color. Texts will often [[clarify]] the [[types]] of [[statements]] and their [[meanings]] within the [[text]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[[Latin]] caution-, cautio precaution, from cavēre to be on one's guard. French caution [[security]], surety < Latin cautiōn-em taking heed, heedfulness, caution; bond, security, < caut- participial stem of cavēre to beware, take heed. The earlier uses were as in French; it was only in 16–17th cent. that the original Latin sense, as a [[quality]], was introduced
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1566]
==Definitions==
*1: warning, admonishment
*2: precaution
*3: prudent forethought to minimize [[risk]]
*4: one that astonishes or commands [[attention]] <some shoes you see … these days are a caution — Esquire>
*5: The taking of heed; ‘provident care, wariness against [[evil]]’ ([[Samuel Johnson|Johnson]]), as a kind or [[quality]] of [[conduct]]; cautiousness, heedfulness, circumspectness, prudence in regard to [[danger]].
==Description==
In United States safety standards, '''''precautionary statements''''' are sentences providing [[information]] on [[potential]] hazards, and proper [[procedures]]. They are used in situations from consumer [[product]] on labels and manuals, to [[description]]s of [[physical]] [[activities]]. Various [[methods]] are used to bring [[focus]] to them, such as setting apart from [[normal]] [[text]], graphic icons, [[changes]] in text's font and color. Texts will often [[clarify]] the [[types]] of [[statements]] and their [[meanings]] within the [[text]].
[[Category: General Reference]]