Foretype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foretype is a noun meaning A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype.
Meaning
A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehand
Example Sentences
The last member of the trilogy could not well rival in pathos the Homeric foretype[…]
Their unconsummated relationship was a foretype of the chaste marriage of Mary and Joseph.
We may find ourselves going through stages foretyped by the forerunner and pioneer of our faith even as He died and arose again.
The description corresponding to the foretype, except for the entirely dark yellow spines, which are sometimes brown at the base.
Word Forms
- foretypes
- foretyping
- foretyped
Antonyms for foretype
Common opposites include aftertype.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forerunner, precursor, antecursor, foreganger, prefigure, progenitor.
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