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- [noun fawr-teyst, fohr-; verb fawr-teyst, fohr-]
- /noun ˈfɔrˌteɪst, ˈfoʊr-; verb fɔrˈteɪst, foʊr-/
- /ˈfɔː.teɪst/
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- [noun fawr-teyst, fohr-; verb fawr-teyst, fohr-]
- /noun ˈfɔrˌteɪst, ˈfoʊr-; verb fɔrˈteɪst, foʊr-/
Definitions of foretaste word
- noun foretaste a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation. 1
- verb with object foretaste to have some advance experience or knowledge of (something to come). 1
- noun foretaste A sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead. 1
- noun foretaste advance sampling of sth 1
- countable noun foretaste If you describe an event as a foretaste of a future situation, you mean that it suggests to you what that future situation will be like. 0
- noun foretaste an early but limited experience or awareness of something to come 0
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Origin of foretaste
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, foretaste is from the late Middle English word fortaste. See fore-, taste
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Parts of speech for Foretaste
noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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foretaste popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 61% 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.
foretaste usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for foretaste
verb foretaste
- count on — If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
- foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
noun foretaste
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- joy — a female given name.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- hope — Anthony, pen name of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins.
- outlook — the view or prospect from a particular place.
Antonyms for foretaste
verb foretaste
- doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
noun foretaste
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- amazement — Amazement is the feeling you have when something surprises you very much.
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- fear — a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
- surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
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