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Meaning of "forewarn" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREWARN

forewarn  [fɔːˈwɔːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREWARN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forewarn is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb forewarn in English.

WHAT DOES FOREWARN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of forewarn in the English dictionary

The definition of forewarn in the dictionary is to warn beforehand.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOREWARN

PRESENT

Present
I forewarn
you forewarn
he/she/it forewarns
we forewarn
you forewarn
they forewarn
Present continuous
I am forewarning
you are forewarning
he/she/it is forewarning
we are forewarning
you are forewarning
they are forewarning
Present perfect
I have forewarned
you have forewarned
he/she/it has forewarned
we have forewarned
you have forewarned
they have forewarned
Present perfect continuous
I have been forewarning
you have been forewarning
he/she/it has been forewarning
we have been forewarning
you have been forewarning
they have been forewarning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forewarned
you forewarned
he/she/it forewarned
we forewarned
you forewarned
they forewarned
Past continuous
I was forewarning
you were forewarning
he/she/it was forewarning
we were forewarning
you were forewarning
they were forewarning
Past perfect
I had forewarned
you had forewarned
he/she/it had forewarned
we had forewarned
you had forewarned
they had forewarned
Past perfect continuous
I had been forewarning
you had been forewarning
he/she/it had been forewarning
we had been forewarning
you had been forewarning
they had been forewarning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will forewarn
you will forewarn
he/she/it will forewarn
we will forewarn
you will forewarn
they will forewarn
Future continuous
I will be forewarning
you will be forewarning
he/she/it will be forewarning
we will be forewarning
you will be forewarning
they will be forewarning
Future perfect
I will have forewarned
you will have forewarned
he/she/it will have forewarned
we will have forewarned
you will have forewarned
they will have forewarned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forewarning
you will have been forewarning
he/she/it will have been forewarning
we will have been forewarning
you will have been forewarning
they will have been forewarning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would forewarn
you would forewarn
he/she/it would forewarn
we would forewarn
you would forewarn
they would forewarn
Conditional continuous
I would be forewarning
you would be forewarning
he/she/it would be forewarning
we would be forewarning
you would be forewarning
they would be forewarning
Conditional perfect
I would have forewarn
you would have forewarn
he/she/it would have forewarn
we would have forewarn
you would have forewarn
they would have forewarn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forewarning
you would have been forewarning
he/she/it would have been forewarning
we would have been forewarning
you would have been forewarning
they would have been forewarning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you forewarn
we let´s forewarn
you forewarn
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to forewarn
Past participle
forewarned
Present Participle
forewarning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREWARN


awarn
əˈwɔːn
careworn
ˈkɛəˌwɔːn
foresworn
fɔːˈswɔːn
foreworn
fɔːˈwɔːn
forsworn
fɔːˈswɔːn
forworn
fɔːˈwɔːn
inworn
ɪnˈwɔːn
outworn
ˈaʊtwɔːn
prewarn
priːˈwɔːn
preworn
priːˈwɔːn
Quorn
kwɔːn
shopworn
ˈʃɒpˌwɔːn
sworn
swɔːn
timeworn
ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn
unworn
ʌnˈwɔːn
warn
wɔːn
Warne
wɔːn
warworn
ˈwɔːˌwɔːn
work-worn
ˈwɜːkˌwɔːn
worn
wɔːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREWARN

foretooth
foretop
foretopman
foretriangle
forever
forevermore
foreverness
forevouched
foreward
forewarned is forearmed
forewarner
forewarningly
foreweigh
forewent
forewind
forewing
forewoman
forewomen
foreword
foreworn

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREWARN

barn
carbarn
carn
cotton yarn
darn
dearn
Dutch barn
earn
harn
larn
learn
pay as you earn
relearn
spin a yarn
spun yarn
tarn
tithe barn
unlearn
yarn
yearn

Synonyms and antonyms of forewarn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOREWARN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forewarn» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forewarn

Translation of «forewarn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREWARN

Find out the translation of forewarn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forewarn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forewarn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预警
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

forewarn
570 millions of speakers

English

forewarn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आगाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

forewarn
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предупредить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prevenirem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বেই সতর্ক করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prémunir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nota peringatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

warnen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あらかじめ警告する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사전에 경고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Forewarn
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cho hay trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னெச்சரிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आगाऊ सूचना देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forewarn
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uprzedzania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

попередити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

previn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προειδοποιήσουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarsku
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

advare
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forewarn

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREWARN»

The term «forewarn» is regularly used and occupies the 75.574 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREWARN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forewarn» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forewarn» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forewarn

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREWARN»

Discover the use of forewarn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forewarn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Mechanics
Delco Electronics believes that its Forewarn Side-Detection System could help reduce this number by alerting truck drivers to the presence of vehicles in their blind spots. Forewarn uses a 24-GHz continuous-wave frequency modulation ...
2
Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
To warn—to notify or make aware of in advance—renders the word forewarn unnecessary, useless. People often use the phrase warn in advance, which many know is a silly redundancy, but to forewarn, which means to warn in advance, ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Fore'ward {s. obsolete] A contract, a bargain. Chaucer. Forewar'n (v. t. from fore, and warn] To admonish beforehand, to give information previous to any future event, to caution beforehand. Forewarn'ed '( p. from forewarn) Admonished before ...
John Ash, 1775
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Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, empirical and ...
Table 2 presents the classification of the downgraders used to soften suggestions , which is divided into three types: (1) downtoner; (2) minus committer; and (3) forewarn.2 Table 2. Taxonomy of downgraders selected to soften suggestions ...
Alicia Martínez-Flor, Esther Usó-Juan, 2010
5
Chronic Degenerative Diseases
„But how to ut how to ut how to ut how to forewarn bright sparks forewarn bright sparks forewarn bright sparks forewarn bright sparks ofofofof their pri their pri their pri their priggishnessgishnessgishnessgishness” At first I have sent to the ...
Stanley William (Le) Grys
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
For eward. n.f. [fort and ward.] The van ; le front. — They that marched in the fireward 'ere all mighty men. 1 Mac. ix. ti. * To Forewarn, v. a. [fore and warn.] 1. To admonish beforehand. — I will forewarn you irhom you shall fear: fear him which, ...
‎1816
7
A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
To forestal Forestal Forestal the market Forcstals Forestalled — Forestalling Forestaller Forestullers To foretel Foretel — — Foretels Foretold Foretold what happened Foretelling Foreteller — Foretellers Forethought To forewarn To forewarn ...
John Macdonald, 1817
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
Foreward. n.f. [firefA ward.] The van; the front — They that mardird in the foreword were all mighty men. 1 Mac. ix. 11. * To Forewarn, v. a. [fire and <wam.] 1. To admonilh beforehand. — I will firew trn you whom you (hall fear: fear him which, ...
‎1816
9
London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
They that marched in the foreword were all migb'y men. 1 Mac. ix. 1 1. FOREWARN, v. a. Fore and warn. To admonish beforehand ; to inform previously of* any future event; to caution against any thing beforehand. I will forewarn you whom ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
10
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
They that marched in the foreword were all mighty men. 1 Mac. ix. 11. FOREWARN, v. a. Fore and warn. To admonish beforehand; to inform previously of* any future event ; to caution against any thing beforehand. I will forewarn you whom you ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREWARN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forewarn is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gareth Shepperson Attorneys - Moneyweb
KURA CHIHOTA: As far as possible we can forewarn people and say this is the scale of the costs you are for, and give them a pro forma before ... «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
2
Can Maria Sharapova Finally End Losing Streak To Serena Williams …
The preface therefore is to forewarn you the following opinion is of a fleeting viewer. It's clear to me that Serena is clearly a level above the rest. «Tennis-X.com, Jul 15»
3
KPMG chairman Peter Nash says digital disruption is driving advice …
... harvests data to forewarn companies about potential problems with environmental, social, regulatory and criminal breaches by suppliers. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
4
Hun Sen asks UN for help on Vietnam problem
Sam An said he would forewarn provincial authorities of the July 19 trip. But Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday said the ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
5
PM calls for UN assist
Sam An said he would forewarn provincial authorities of the July 19 trip. But Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday said the ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
6
Did you know about the Farm Machinery and Equipment Act?
If the new equipment cannot be delivered on time, the dealer must forewarn the buyer five days ahead of the delivery date set out in the contract ... «myWestman.ca, Jul 15»
7
Royal Opera House tones down graphic gang rape scene
'We have written to all ticket buyers to forewarn them that there are scenes in the production that contain momentary nudity and violence of a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
Parenteen: Harness the teen's climb | Patna NYOOOZ
We should not bog down our children with excessive dos and dont`s, but parents do need to forewarn kids and outline certain basic values and ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
9
Family photo shows grandmother Maggie's gift of youth
I want to forewarn that pretty girl in the wicker chair of the trials and the tragedies that lie ahead. I want to protect her from the Great War, from ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Denbighshire pupils risk losing school place over unauthorised …
It states: “Just to forewarn you that the next academic year, Denbighshire Council will introduce fines to families taking holidays in term time and ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»

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