"forewarning" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: forewarnings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forwarning, equivalent to forewarn + -ing. Cognate with German Vorwarnung (“forewarning”), Swedish förvarning (“forewarning”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forwarning}} Middle English forwarning, {{af|en|forewarn|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} forewarn + -ing, {{cog|de|Vorwarnung|t=forewarning}} German Vorwarnung (“forewarning”), {{cog|sv|förvarning|t=forewarning}} Swedish förvarning (“forewarning”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} forewarning (countable and uncountable, plural forewarnings)
  1. An advance warning; an omen. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: premonition Translations (advance warning): pré-aviso (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-forewarning-en-noun-F8ozzd~B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Etymology: From forewarn + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|forewarn|-ing}} forewarn + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} forewarning
  1. present participle and gerund of forewarn Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: forewarn
    Sense id: en-forewarning-en-verb-ZMCyQzjr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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