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Meanings of forewarning in English

An early warning about a future event.

Usage of forewarning in English
1
Hence the forewarning and the flight, the cloister and the yellow robes.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court / Being Recollections...
2
The appointment itself was handled clumsily with no forewarning to the markets.
The South African
3
The fall of Russia is just a forewarning-itwill all go down.
Europe—Whither Bound? / Being Letters of Travel from the Capital...
4
Only a Farfan escaped, not without suspicion of forewarning by the rebels.
At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
5
Some dread forewarning of a sterner fate seemed to hang above him.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
6
Perhaps her mother had tried to soften the blow by forewarning her.
Ghosts
7
Five days later, without forewarning parliament, the Prime Minister committed Italy to fight.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
8
Over Drapier's long political career dramatic events have taken place, many without forewarning.
The Irish Times
9
Adolf Hitler is always the obvious touchstone for forewarning of a similar future.
The South African
10
A little forewarning goes a long way to gaining support from the masses.
Reuters
11
No one else had the least forewarning of any break in the services.
The House of the Whispering Pines
12
Even with them-letthe forewarning be candid-youwill not accomplish everything.
The Century Vocabulary Builder
13
He coughed, and I bent my head, some instinct forewarning me.
Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales
14
So you could argue that I'm doing women a favor by forewarning them.
Report for Murder
15
Then it came back to him, popped into his head without any forewarning.
Heart-shaped box
16
Quick and unexpected deaths are not uncommon, but most deaths occur with some forewarning.
Wired
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