forethoughtfuladj.
/fɔːˈθɔːtfʊl/ Full of or having forethought; thoughtful for the future, provident.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective]
purveyable?a1425
pensivec1425
providenta1450
provide?a1475
purveyanta1500
prospective1581
prospecting1602
provisional1603
providentiala1646
provisionary1647
prospicient1654
provisive1677
forethoughtful1809
far-seeing1837
provisory1843
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 205 The ‘prudens quæstio’ (the forethoughtful query).
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold (ed. 3) x. vi. 240 This it is which, free and fore-thoughtful [1848 (ed. 1) pre-thoughtful] of every chance, ye should now decide.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. iii. 48 Neither of them had a forethoughtful head for the land at large.
Derivatives
foreˈthoughtfully adv.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adverb] > prudently > with forethought
far-sightedly1861
forethoughtfully1891
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. v. 84 He made his way forethoughtfully to the glass-sheltered seats.
foreˈthoughtfulness n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [noun]
purveyancec1300
forelook1357
providencea1382
purveyinga1382
provisiona1398
advice?a1439
prospiciencea1500
fore-wit?1504
forecasta1542
providency1602
forethoughtfulness1647
prospection1659
forethought1719
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 34) Let us..not, by too much fore-thoughtfulnesse,..suffer fained or future evils before they seize upon us.
1874 J. O. Dykes Relations Kingdom 71 That moral forethoughtfulness by which existence is both sustained and adorned.
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