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foresound en · NOUN

Etymology

From fore- + sound.

Meanings

1. a sound made in advance
   • Then of a sudden, without any foresounds, the scratching began again. 1900, Henry Thew Stephenson, Patroon Van Volkenberg:
   • In Great Britain, on the contrary, the fore-sound is perceptible to four, and the aftersound to three, out of every five observers; and these proportions are maintained roughly to considerable distances from the epicentre. 2013, Charles Davison, A Study Of Recent Earthquakes:

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aftersound

foresound en · VERB

Etymology

From fore- + sound.

Meanings

1. (transitive) to sound in advance
   • Of ash-heaps, in the which ye use Husbands and wives by streaks to chuse; Of crackling laurel, which foresounds A plenteous harvest to your grounds; […] 1810, John Nott, Robert Herrick, Select poems from the Hesperides:

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