How do you use Forewarning in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like premonition or warning, plus the exact meaning.
Forewarning meaning
present participle and gerund of forewarn
Synonyms of Forewarning
Using Forewarning
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of forewarn
- Useful related words include: premonition, warning.
- In the example corpus, forewarning often appears in combinations such as: forewarning to, forewarning of.
Context around Forewarning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forewarning
- In this selection, "forewarning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slight, welcome and observed stand out and add context to how "forewarning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a slight forewarning of this and a welcome forewarning on what. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forewarning" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forewarning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was no forewarning. (4 words)
Or is the muddled synopsis a forewarning of a muddled production? (11 words)
For some, the modest but pointed footnote seemed to be a forewarning. (12 words)
The visitor gets a slight forewarning of this deathly theme before actually going through the doorway leading from the Officers’ Mess to the two adjoining rooms as there are two other skeletons painted on each side of the doorway. (39 words)
However, the collapse of the B.C. United party, without forewarning to myself or my colleagues, has placed many of us in an unprecedented situation — one that has never been seen before in Canadian political history. (37 words)
A rising sea level does not appear to be particularly problematic; the increasing flooding of the subsidiary lagoons would provide easily observed forewarning, and might even benefit seabird populations by making the motus less accessible to predators. (37 words)
Or is the muddled synopsis a forewarning of a muddled production? (11 words)
Example sentences (11)
For some, the modest but pointed footnote seemed to be a forewarning.
He said this storm should serve as a forewarning to locals of what could come weather-wise.
However, the collapse of the B.C. United party, without forewarning to myself or my colleagues, has placed many of us in an unprecedented situation — one that has never been seen before in Canadian political history.
The PTI leader addressed security personnel, calling them state employees and forewarning them that although the government “will collapse soon,” they would still need to reside in the nation.
Or is the muddled synopsis a forewarning of a muddled production?
The visitor gets a slight forewarning of this deathly theme before actually going through the doorway leading from the Officers’ Mess to the two adjoining rooms as there are two other skeletons painted on each side of the doorway.
For low-income or minority students who have struggled to plan for unpredictable leaps in tuition, this proposal comes as a welcome forewarning on what paying for an undergraduate education would look like.
Scooters have become a controversial topic across the US with companies dropping their scooters onto city streets without any forewarning to lawmakers or residents.
The presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran are slated to meet Friday in Tehran to discuss potential alternatives to de Mistura’s forewarning.
There was no forewarning.
A rising sea level does not appear to be particularly problematic; the increasing flooding of the subsidiary lagoons would provide easily observed forewarning, and might even benefit seabird populations by making the motus less accessible to predators.
Common combinations with forewarning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- forewarning to 3×
- forewarning of 2×