Hyphenation
fore·warnSynonyms
admonish,
advise,
alarm,
alert,
apprise,
dissuade,
flag,
forbode,
give fair warning,
give the high sign,
portend,
premonish,
pull one’s coat,
put a bug in one’s ear,
put one wisePronunciation
Etymology
[ fOr-'worn, for- ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. From fore- + warn, attested since 1330, perhaps a calque of Latin praemoneō. Compare premonition (borrowed from Latin).