Foreread
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Foreread is a verb meaning (transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
Meaning
(transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To read beforehand or ahead of time.
- (transitive) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
- A foreword; preface.
Example Sentences
He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.
She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."
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.
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.
Word Forms
- forereads
- forereading
- fore-read
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preread, forereckon, forespeak, forehalsen, foresay, foretoken.
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