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forehand en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /fɔːɹhænd/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɔːhænd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Beforehand; paid in advance.
   • a forehand rent

Antonyms

afterhand

forehand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɔːɹhænd/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɔːhænd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
   • the devastating speed of her forehand return
2. (qualifier:disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
   • […]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked 1618, Michel Baret, An Hipponomie […] :
4. (archaic) The chief or most important part.
   • The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 1, scene 3:
5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
   • And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
6. The hand towards the front of the board.

Forms

Antonyms

backhand · backhand

Deriveds

forehander

Synonyms

flick

Translations (14)

bg предница (all of the part of a horse which is before the rider) · cs forhend (stroke in racket sports) · sh forhend (stroke in racket sports) · hu tenyeres (stroke in racket sports) · bg форхенд (stroke in racket sports) · ca cop de dreta (stroke in racket sports) · fr coup droit (stroke in racket sports) · fi kämmenlyönti (stroke in racket sports) · ro forehand (stroke in racket sports) · cmn 正手 (stroke in racket sports) · sv forehand (stroke in racket sports) · pl forhend (stroke in racket sports) · sv forehandslag (stroke in racket sports) · pl przód konia (all of the part of a horse which is before the rider)

wikidata: Q1333285

forehand en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /fɔːɹhænd/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɔːhænd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.

Forms