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forewarnings

forewarnings is the plural of forewarning.

Meaning of forewarning

Noun

forewarning (countable and uncountable, plural forewarnings)

  1. An advance warning; an omen.
    • Beatrice knew his footstep at a distance that might have defied even the acute listener of the fairy tale; and yet, with even such long forewarning, would blush crimson deep on his entrance.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 94
    Synonyms:
    premonition

Questions about forewarnings

What is forewarnings the plural of?
Forewarnings is the plural of forewarning.

Words near forewarnings in the dictionary

  1. forewarner
  2. forewarners
  3. forewarneth
  4. forewarning
  5. forewarningly
  6. forewarnings
  7. forewarns
  8. forewaste
  9. forewatch
  10. forewatches
  11. forewater

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