What does foretide mean?
Foretide means (rare, literal, figurative) An early tide (tidal surge)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, literal, figurative) An early tide (tidal surge)..
He and the other leaders directed the crowds into the mass meeting at St. James Baptist Church, which was swamped long before nightfall. The movement was becoming a tempest. A foretide of one event churned into the backwash of others […]
Older farmers coming from the East in the foretide of settlement, shook their heads dubiously at the idea of cropping the same land year after year to the one crop, corn.
Use foretide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Foretide means (rare, literal, figurative) An early tide (tidal surge)..
Common synonyms include foretime.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He and the other leaders directed the crowds into the mass meeting at St. James Baptist Church, which was swamped long before nightfall. The movement was becoming a tempest. A foretide of one event churned into the backwash of others […]
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