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- [verb fawr-feel, fohr-; noun fawr-feel, fohr-]
- /verb fɔrˈfil, foʊr-; noun ˈfɔrˌfil, ˈfoʊr-/
- /fˈɔːfiːl/
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- [verb fawr-feel, fohr-; noun fawr-feel, fohr-]
- /verb fɔrˈfil, foʊr-; noun ˈfɔrˌfil, ˈfoʊr-/
Definitions of forefeel word
- verb with object forefeel to feel or perceive beforehand; have a presentiment of. 1
- noun forefeel a feeling beforehand. 1
- noun forefeel (transitive) To feel or perceive beforehand or in advance; to have a presentiment of. 1
- verb forefeel to have a premonition of 0
- verb transitive forefeel to feel beforehand; have a premonition of 0
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Origin of forefeel
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; fore- + feel
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Forefeel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
forefeel popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
forefeel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for forefeel
verb forefeel
- visualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- deduce — If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true.
- foretell — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
Antonyms for forefeel
verb forefeel
- measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
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