0 past simple and past participle of forewarn
1 to tell someone that something unpleasant is going to happen:
[ + (that) ] The employees had been forewarned (that) the end-of-year financial results would be poor.
But the reader is explicitly forewarned (p. 60) that the nature and significance of intentionality is postponed to chapter 12.
For some it was especially hard to understand as they felt they had not been forewarned of this by the hospital as a potential side effect.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Gimson was forewarned about the demonstration, but decided to take no action to break it up, hoping that the activity would function as safety valve for the women's frustration.
This advises specifically that adjournments should he avoided unless absolutely necessary; and that in order to minimise delays, courts should be forewarned of applications.
They had better be forewarned about the cost of this clause.
That is how we were treated, and, therefore, the men are forewarned and forearmed, and they are not now going to be hoodwinked.
It seems unfortunate that people are not forewarned on these occasions about breaking the law.
