单词 | prewarning |
释义 | prewarningn. An advance warning. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > previous notice (of an event (good or bad)) prewarning1603 warninga1616 pre-noticea1680 pre-notification1765 pre-intimation1770 advance notice1859 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. E2 Deseruing either prewarning in the beginning, or reproofe in the ende. 1928 J. W. Vandercook Harper's in Van Wert (Ohio) Daily Bull. 12 July 5/2 The uncanny prewarning of a visitor's approach relayed invisibly from one witch doctor to another. 1944 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 30 July 4 a/1 A prewarning would have made it possible to announce himself not a candidate. 1982 C. H. Page Fifty Years in Sociological Enterprise iv. 123 (note) These sentiments were reinforced when, with no prewarning, the news of my promotion to a full professorship appeared in the local newspaper. 2002 Printing World (Nexis) 30 Sept. 12 They usually get a six months prewarning of any postal rate increase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : pre-warningadj. < n.1603 see also |
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