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forethought Definition

fore·thought (fôrt̸hôt′)

noun

  1. a thinking or planning beforehand; premeditation
  2. prudent thought for the future; foresight

Etymology: ME: see fore- & thought

adjective

planned beforehand

forethought Synonyms

forethought

n.

forethought Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • require: They are not insurmountable, but they do require slightly more forethought.
  • exercise: Authors should exercise more forethought as to the points they want to make from their illustrations.
  • have: Secondly, the way to make cooking easy is to have some forethought.
  • take: It's an odd set of priorities that takes more forethought for salamanders than for our children.
  • show: Ben showed great forethought in calling an ambulance and for not forgetting his young sister who was in the bath at the time.
  • give: The house was specifically designed that way - just one example of the forethought given to the whole business of cooking à la Macdonald.

Adjective modifier

  • little: With a little forethought I should have used copper.
  • much: After much forethought and deliberation, I took delivery of the trike last October.
  • more: The more forethought you can give to the task of running your business, the more likely you are to succeed.
  • considerable: However, financing and distribution of such vaccines require considerable forethought and is not a simple matter [ 10 ] .
  • careful: The temples and the palaces were indeed laid out with careful forethought and ambitious vision.
  • great: Ben showed great forethought in calling an ambulance and for not forgetting his young sister who was in the bath at the time.

Modifies a noun

felony: Killing by forethought felony was unnatural, against the law of nature.

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