foreread en · NOUN
Etymology
From fore- + read.
Meanings
- A foreword; preface.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| forereads | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fore-read | alternative | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
foreread en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + read.
Meanings
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(transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe, while England would remain supine, simply because Neweastle was a fool and Ormskirk would be dead.
1907, Harper's magazine, volume 114:She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."
1904, Vassar College, The Vassar miscellany: Volume 34:
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(transitive) To read beforehand or ahead of time.
I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.
1989, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Despair: a novel:
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(transitive) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.
1922, James Branch Cabell, Gallantry:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forereads | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| foreread | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foreread | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fore-read | alternative | lexicographic | |
| forereading | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |