foretaste

[ noun fawr-teyst, fohr-; verb fawr-teyst, fohr- ]

noun

1. a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.

verb (used with object)

, fore·tast·ed, fore·tast·ing.

1. to have some advance experience or knowledge of (something to come).

foretaste

noun

1. an early but limited experience or awareness of something to come

verb

1. tr to have a foretaste of

Word History and Origins

Origin of foretaste¹

First recorded in 1400–50, foretaste is from the late Middle English word fortaste. See fore-, taste

Example Sentences

That applies whether you think the current troubles are just a blip or a foretaste of the job losses that technological changes are bringing to the industry, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

According to the Olympic Studies Center, at this point “they play a double role: In addition to announcing the Games, they provide a foretaste of their visual identity.”

From Seattle Times

He warned that religious discrimination of the kind he saw in the Finney case “may spread and may be a foretaste of things to come.”

From Salon

“But if this a foretaste of the feast to come, then we’re in massive trouble.”

From Seattle Times

Summer 2023 has been a fascinating foretaste of a future under a changing climate.

From BBC

Related Words

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