"prewarn" meaning in All languages combined

See prewarn on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: prewarns [present, singular, third-person], prewarning [participle, present], prewarned [participle, past], prewarned [past]
Etymology: From pre- + warn. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|warn}} pre- + warn Head templates: {{en-verb}} prewarn (third-person singular simple present prewarns, present participle prewarning, simple past and past participle prewarned)
  1. (transitive) To warn beforehand; to forewarn. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "prewarned",
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    },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "ref": "1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 889:",
          "text": "The credited testimony of Borden shows that Adams on October 12 prewarned him about the discharge and told him that the ground for the discharge would be the misshading of materials ( i.e. selecting materials for manufacture into a batch of shirts which were not of matching shades).",
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        "To warn beforehand; to forewarn."
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          "warn",
          "warn"
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        [
          "beforehand",
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        ],
        [
          "forewarn",
          "forewarn"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To warn beforehand; to forewarn."
      ],
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prewarns",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prewarning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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        "To warn beforehand; to forewarn."
      ],
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          "warn",
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        ],
        [
          "beforehand",
          "beforehand"
        ],
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          "forewarn",
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        "(transitive) To warn beforehand; to forewarn."
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  ],
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