Explore Forewarn through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like warn. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Forewarn meaning
To warn in advance.
Synonyms of Forewarn
Using Forewarn
- The main meaning on this page is: To warn in advance.
- Useful related words include: previse, warn.
Context around Forewarn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forewarn
- In this selection, "forewarn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include agents should forewarn the germans and didn t forewarn him. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forewarn" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forewarn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Following her exit, it was claimed Giovanni was ‘annoyed’ at Amanda over her exit, and reported that she didn’t forewarn him. (22 words)
In order to maintain his credibility, it was decided that Garbo (or one of his agents) should forewarn the Germans of the timing and some details of the actual invasion of Normandy, although sending it too late for them to take effective action. (43 words)
In order to maintain his credibility, it was decided that Garbo (or one of his agents) should forewarn the Germans of the timing and some details of the actual invasion of Normandy, although sending it too late for them to take effective action. (43 words)
Following her exit, it was claimed Giovanni was ‘annoyed’ at Amanda over her exit, and reported that she didn’t forewarn him. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
Following her exit, it was claimed Giovanni was ‘annoyed’ at Amanda over her exit, and reported that she didn’t forewarn him.
In order to maintain his credibility, it was decided that Garbo (or one of his agents) should forewarn the Germans of the timing and some details of the actual invasion of Normandy, although sending it too late for them to take effective action.