content warn

verb

To issue a content warning for.

“The movie really should've content warned its police brutality and not just the drug use.”

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Meanings

verbcontent warn (third-person singular simple present content warns, present participle content warning, simple past and past participle content warned)

present singular third person content warns · participle present content warning · participle past content warned · past content warned

  1. colloquialtransitiveTo issue a content warning for.

    The movie really should've content warned its police brutality and not just the drug use.

Origin

Back-formation from content warning.

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APA

content warn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20warn

MLA

“content warn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20warn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “content warn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20warn.

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