"foretime" meaning in English

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aftertime"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "the future"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fore",
        "3": "time"
      },
      "expansion": "fore- + time",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1530s, from fore- + time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foretimes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "foretime (plural foretimes)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "in foretime"
        },
        {
          "word": "in foretimes"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A time previous to the present, or to a time alluded to or implied; former time or times."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "allude",
          "allude"
        ],
        [
          "implied",
          "implied"
        ],
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "days of yore"
        },
        {
          "word": "foretide"
        },
        {
          "word": "yestertide"
        },
        {
          "word": "the past"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretime"
}

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        "2": "fore",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "1530s, from fore- + time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more foretime",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most foretime",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "foretime (comparative more foretime, superlative most foretime)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "In former times."
      ],
      "id": "en-foretime-en-adv-HxZb6Qld",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beforehand"
        },
        {
          "word": "erenow"
        },
        {
          "word": "formerly"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretime"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aftertime"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "the future"
    }
  ],
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with fore-"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "in foretime"
    },
    {
      "word": "in foretimes"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fore",
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      },
      "expansion": "fore- + time",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "1530s, from fore- + time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foretimes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A time previous to the present, or to a time alluded to or implied; former time or times."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "allude",
          "allude"
        ],
        [
          "implied",
          "implied"
        ],
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "days of yore"
    },
    {
      "word": "foretide"
    },
    {
      "word": "yestertide"
    },
    {
      "word": "the past"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretime"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
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        "2": "fore",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1530s, from fore- + time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more foretime",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most foretime",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In former times."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "beforehand"
    },
    {
      "word": "erenow"
    },
    {
      "word": "formerly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretime"
}