Definition of forewarn
transitive verb
:to warn in advance
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I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog.
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If the world starts closing in on Mark Richt like a pressure cooker about to blow, the University of Miami football coach won’t need to look at social media, read his emails or turn on the radio to be forewarned.
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Be forewarned that there’s a $32-per-night resort fee — which includes parking, Wi-Fi and 15 percent off spa and pro shop merchandise.
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But, be forewarned, the rolling, rubbing, clicking, spinning, and flipping mechanism that currently has all the kids entranced can come at a great cost—a dangerous one at at that.
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The Japanese navy was crippled by the loss of four aircraft carriers - all used in the attack on Pearl Harbor - and hundreds of planes and sailors when it was ambushed by a smaller U.S. force that had been forewarned by good intelligence.
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The Japanese navy was crippled by the loss of four aircraft carriers — all used in the attack on Pearl Harbor — and hundreds of planes and sailors when it was ambushed by a smaller U.S. force that had been forewarned by good intelligence.
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That’s one problem with dystopian fiction: forewarned is not always forearmed.
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Be forewarned, though, the flesh is not very palatable.
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Just as we had been forewarned, there’s nothing here.
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First Known Use of forewarn
14th century
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