as in warning
the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk
heeded the forewarning to stay off the ice until the town had checked to see if it was thick enough
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as in alerting
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 forewarning
Aaron Pilkington, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Beliefs in false statements dropped from 19.5 percent in the control group to 12.3 percent in the forewarning group and to 10.6 percent among the participants who received simple explanations without forewarnings.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
Sensitive information shared with Epstein includes forewarning of a multibillion-dollar bailout for the European Union, over $27 billion in asset sales, Labour tax plans, and even Brown’s resignation.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
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Noun
None of Maduro’s closest partners – China, Russia, Cuba and even Iran – were willing to fight in his defense, despite weeks of forewarning and U.S. military buildup near Venezuela.
—Aaron Pilkington, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Beliefs in false statements dropped from 19.5 percent in the control group to 12.3 percent in the forewarning group and to 10.6 percent among the participants who received simple explanations without forewarnings.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
According to Davidson, the BAFTAs did give the crowd some forewarning about his tics.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
Sensitive information shared with Epstein includes forewarning of a multibillion-dollar bailout for the European Union, over $27 billion in asset sales, Labour tax plans, and even Brown’s resignation.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forewarning
Noun
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The company’s defense that the EPA doesn’t require a cancer-warning label for Roundup doesn’t cut it with them.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Amid chaotic scenes of masked immigration agents roaming neighborhood streets as protesters blew warning whistles, the operation led to two shootings by agents, including the fatal shooting in Franklin Park of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in September.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The pantry is alerting people of the SNAP changes and is offering SNAP recipients opportunities to help meet the work requirement hours.—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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For one, countless stories have surfaced of the Apple Watch proactively catching atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rate, alerting someone to go to the hospital.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Forewarning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forewarning. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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