forewarned; forewarning; forewarns
: to warn in advance
Examples of forewarn in a Sentence
I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog.
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Be forewarned that the queues on opening night ranged from about 20 minutes to more than an hour, even at the end of the night.
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Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
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Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
The Best Time of Year to Hike the TMB
Be forewarned: midsummer is busy.
—Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023
Advertisement Be forewarned that the notifications are not 100% accurate; drivers will occasional mark a package delivered prematurely, then bring it to your doorstep a day or two later.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
Just be forewarned: Although visitors never have to come face to face with raw sewage, there’s no escaping the stench of the Sewer Museum.
Museum of Magic
Museum of Magic | PARIS
Watch on
Travel through a thousand years of sleight of hand at the Museum of Magic.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
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forewarn
verb
fore·warn
fōr-ˈwȯ(ə)rn 
fȯr-
: to warn in advance
forewarned of danger
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