Foretaste
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foretaste is a noun meaning A taste beforehand.
Meaning
A taste beforehand.
More Meanings
- A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.
- (transitive) To taste beforehand.
- (transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
- (transitive) To taste before another.
Example Sentences
[...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
About two weeks ago I had another foretaste of success and immediately on it a veritable disaster.
When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
Word Forms
- foretastes
- foretasting
- foretasted
Synonyms for foretaste
Depending on context, synonyms include foresmack, pregustation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pregustation, antepast, preview, precursor, prepayment, harbinger.
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