forewarn

[ fawr-wawrn, fohr- ]

/ fɔrˈwɔrn, foʊr- /

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verb (used with object)

to warn in advance.

Origin of forewarn

First recorded in 1300–50, forewarn is from the Middle English word forwarnen. See fore-, warn

SYNONYMS FOR forewarn

caution, admonish, alert, prewarn, tip off.

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OTHER WORDS FROM forewarn

fore·warn·er, noun fore·warn·ing·ly, adverb un·fore·warned, adjective well-fore·warned, adjective

Words nearby forewarn

foretriangle, forever, forever and a day, forevermore, foreverness, forewarn, forewarned is forearmed, forewaters, forewent, forewind, forewing

Example sentences from the Web for forewarning

Sure you had some forewarning, especially after Rush Limbaugh guaranteed victory.

Paul Begala on the Five Stages of GOP Grief |Paul Begala |November 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
One night we were startled to hear the dogs howling down in the pasture-lot, always to the Southern heart a forewarning of death.

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence |Various
It happened that we had a forewarning of what might be expected.

The British Expedition to the Crimea |William Howard Russell
We had forewarning of this the day we arrived, when the field in front of us was full of smoking holes.

Battery E in France |Frederic R. Kilner

His companions kept remonstrating with and forewarning him of a catastrophe, which in his case never occurred.

The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) |Hazard Stevens
The first forewarning of this catastrophe had reached her, on hearing that Mirabel would not return to Monksmoor.

I Say No |Wilkie Collins

British Dictionary definitions for forewarning

forewarn

/ (fɔːˈwɔːn) /

verb

(tr) to warn beforehand

Derived forms of forewarn

forewarner, noun forewarningly, adverb

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forewarn

verb (used with object)

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Words nearby forewarn

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