"forethought" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)θɔːt/ [noun], /fɔː(ɹ)ˈθɔːt/ [adjective, verb]
Etymology: From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forethouht}} Middle English forethouht, {{m|enm|forethoght}} forethoght, {{inh|en|ang|*foreþōht||forethought}} Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”), {{prefix|en|fore|thought}} fore- + thought, {{l|en|forethink}} forethink Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} forethought (not comparable)
  1. Thought of, or planned, beforehand. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: aforethought, premeditated
    Sense id: en-forethought-en-adj-Ah27CIeG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 2 1 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 37 24 7 4 28

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)θɔːt/ [noun], /fɔː(ɹ)ˈθɔːt/ [adjective, verb] Forms: forethoughts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forethouht}} Middle English forethouht, {{m|enm|forethoght}} forethoght, {{inh|en|ang|*foreþōht||forethought}} Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”), {{prefix|en|fore|thought}} fore- + thought, {{l|en|forethink}} forethink Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} forethought (countable and uncountable, plural forethoughts)
  1. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (thinking beforehand): προμήθεια (promḗtheia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), πρόνοια (prónoia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), преднамереност (prednamerenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ennakointi (Finnish), kauaskatseisuus (Finnish), fyrirhyggja [feminine] (Icelandic), praecogitatio [feminine] (Latin), премисла (premisla) [feminine] (Macedonian), മുൻവിചാരം (muṉvicāraṁ) (Malayalam), предусмотрительность (predusmotritelʹnostʹ) (Russian), ihtiyat [singular] (Turkish), продуманість (produmanistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), обдуманість (obdumanistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-forethought-en-noun-76Xa~ZlY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 2 1 31 Disambiguation of 'thinking beforehand': 98 1 1
  2. Anticipation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (anticipation): ennakointi (Finnish), передбачливість (peredbačlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-forethought-en-noun-ZMkzxe5I Disambiguation of 'anticipation': 0 99 1
  3. Provident care; prudence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (provident care): предвидливост (predvidlivost) (Bulgarian), järki (Finnish), järkevyys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-forethought-en-noun-1ySUJqgk Disambiguation of 'provident care': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forethoughtful

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)θɔːt/ [noun], /fɔː(ɹ)ˈθɔːt/ [adjective, verb]
Etymology: From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forethouht}} Middle English forethouht, {{m|enm|forethoght}} forethoght, {{inh|en|ang|*foreþōht||forethought}} Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”), {{prefix|en|fore|thought}} fore- + thought, {{l|en|forethink}} forethink Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} forethought
  1. simple past and past participle of forethink Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: forethink
    Sense id: en-forethought-en-verb-K~LpFdYq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 2 1 31

Inflected forms

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