"foretaste" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foretastes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- + taste (noun). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fortaste}} Middle English fortaste, {{prefix|en|fore|taste|pos2=noun}} fore- + taste (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} foretaste (plural foretastes)
  1. A taste beforehand.
    Sense id: en-foretaste-en-noun-RerP6VYe Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 12 21 23 24 21
  2. A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance. Translations (taste taken in advance): предвкусване (predvkusvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), forsmag [common-gender] (Danish), voorproefje [neuter] (Dutch), esimaku (Finnish), avant-goût [masculine] (French), ízelítő (Hungarian), presentimento [masculine] (Italian), pregustazione [feminine] (Italian), prelibazione [feminine] (Italian), forsmak [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forsmak [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), føresmak [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), abansgost [masculine] (Occitan), abanstast [masculine] (Occitan), Väaschmak [masculine] (Plautdietsch), przedsmak [masculine] (Polish), предвкуше́ние (predvkušénije) [neuter] (Russian), försmak [neuter] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foresmack [nonstandard, rare], pregustation Related terms: aftertaste
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: foretastes [present, singular, third-person], foretasting [participle, present], foretasted [participle, past], foretasted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English fortasten, equivalent to fore- + taste (verb). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fortasten}} Middle English fortasten, {{prefix|en|fore|taste|pos2=verb}} fore- + taste (verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} foretaste (third-person singular simple present foretastes, present participle foretasting, simple past and past participle foretasted)
  1. (transitive) To taste beforehand. Tags: transitive Translations (to taste beforehand): предвкусвам (predvkusvam) (Bulgarian), maistaa etukäteen (Finnish)
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  2. (transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation. Tags: transitive Translations (to enjoy by anticipation): предвкусвам (predvkusvam) (Bulgarian), prelibar (Portuguese)
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  3. (transitive) To taste before another. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foretaster
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To taste beforehand."
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        "(transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation."
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        "(transitive) To taste before another."
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      "sense": "to taste beforehand",
      "word": "maistaa etukäteen"
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      "word": "предвкусвам"
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}

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