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💪 Part of arm 🛡️ To prepare
to forearm

to forearm

1 7.3
To prepare yourself in advance for a possible problem
  • verb
  • /ˈfɔːrˌɑrm/
translation icon : preparar
  • Forewarned is forearmed, and I'd rather prepare and be wrong than ignore the warnings that seem to be irrefutably right.

So, you know, forewarned is forearmed, and let's move on to the next stuff.

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Examples

  • "Forewarned is forearmed," she muttered to herself as she typed Ledbetter/Kiss and the page number at the top.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • First, words are our tools, and as a minimum, we should use clean tools: we should know what we mean and what we do not, and must forearm ourselves against the traps that language sets for us.

    Academic text (2001)

  • You must be forearmed with the undeniable truth that students are different.

    Academic text (1991)

  • As they say, forewarned is forearmed.

    Blog text (3)

  • To stay safe during the storm, you should always be forearmed with an emergency kit.

  • If you study the topic in advance, you'll be forearmed for any questions that come up.

  • He made sure to be forearmed by checking the weather before his trip.

Synonyms

to brace
vsto forearm
150 4.4

To make something stronger or prepare yourself for something difficult

focuses on personal advance preparation for danger rather than physical steadying
to arm
vsto forearm
119 3.7

To give weapons to people or prepare for fighting

means preparing oneself generally for danger, not specifically equipping with weapons
to brace oneself for
vsto forearm
40 6.5

Get ready for something bad or difficult that you expect to happen

is about equipping yourself beforehand for possible danger rather than only emotional readiness

Antonyms

to ignore
∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Prepared

to fortify
39 6.2
to arm
119 3.7
to forearm
1 7.3
to prepare
∞ 1.0
to brace
150 4.4

Surface Forms

forearm infinitive
forearmed past
forearmed past participle
forearming present participle
forearms third person singular

Morphology

forearm = arm (transparent) = fore + arm

The verb is a straightforward prefixation of 'fore-' to the verb 'arm', giving the sense 'to arm in advance', which is inferable from the components.

Etymology

The verb forearm comes from fore- 'before' plus arm 'to give weapons', like in the phrase 'arm yourself', so it means to prepare or equip yourself in advance.