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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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
But please be forewarned that the pasta dish you’ve just been handed is but one in a long line of courses: It will be followed by heartier mains.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2024
Why, having been forewarned and chosen this form of oblivion, is Craint then so resistant to it?
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
And those watching the broader economy should be forewarned that even the top-income consumers are being careful.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Forewarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forewarn. Accessed 21 Dec. 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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