forewarn
to warn in advance.
Origin of forewarn
1Other words for forewarn
Other words from forewarn
- fore·warn·er, noun
- fore·warn·ing·ly, adverb
- un·fore·warned, adjective
- well-fore·warned, adjective
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How to use forewarn in a sentence
And despite the long trail and ample forewarning about the problem, the president urged patience.
Sure you had some forewarning, especially after Rush Limbaugh guaranteed victory.
It is a shock to a man to be wrenched, without forewarning, from the groove in which his life has been gliding for twenty years.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonFor in that day a sneeze was not merely 333 the little explosion of tickled surfaces or a forewarning of a slight cold.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesHe had not the slightest forewarning of the great 10 jolt that was soon to come to himself and his comrades out of the atmosphere.
The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless | H. Irving Hancock
I will not engage you without forewarning you of the terrible things you may have to encounter during the winter night.
A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-GouldFather Underhill felt quite guilty in not forewarning his wife of the conspiracy, but one evening she mistrusted.
A Little Girl in Old New York | Amanda Millie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for forewarn
/ (fɔːˈwɔːn) /
(tr) to warn beforehand
Derived forms of forewarn
- forewarner, noun
- forewarningly, adverb
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