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View synonyms for foretaste

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to have a foretaste of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foretaste1

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

His fight against inequalities of rank is, as it were, a foretaste of the revolution.

By my faith, cousin, he hath given us to-day a foretaste of what he will be as a man!

If ever a human creature had a foretaste of heaven it was Honora during the few weeks that followed this happy day.

And I, poor foolish I, deemed all this to be a mere foretaste of the delights of living I should find higher above me in society.

It was a resume of the 'Quaker City' letters—a foretaste of the book which would presently follow.

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