as in to warn
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog
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Recent Examples of forewarn
Just be forewarned, any family outing at this arcade is almost guaranteed to end with a trip to some nearby ice cream shop on the way back to the hotel.
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Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
Surgeries and stem cells Be forewarned, some topics in The Edge of Sentience are difficult.
—Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2024
But the transparent interest in him from Spain did not forewarn Liverpool of a more immediate bid to sign him.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
You were suitably forewarned when using o1 that to get the more in-depth answers there would be more extended time after entering a prompt and before getting a response from the AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
Surgeries and stem cells Be forewarned, some topics in The Edge of Sentience are difficult.
—Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2024
But the transparent interest in him from Spain did not forewarn Liverpool of a more immediate bid to sign him.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
You were suitably forewarned when using o1 that to get the more in-depth answers there would be more extended time after entering a prompt and before getting a response from the AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for forewarn
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“Forewarn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forewarn. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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