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/ˈfɔː(ɹ)θɔːt/ · noun
Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration..
Near-synonym: foresight
With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.
c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court Forethought malice.
Use forethought when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forethought means Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration..
Common synonyms include premeditation, foresight, aforethought, premeditated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: foresight
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