英语词汇“forebear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	forebear
释义	Trends of forebear View usage for: forebear (fɔːʳbeəʳ) Word forms: plural forebears countable noun [usually with poss] Your forebears are your ancestors. [literary] I'll come back to the land of my forebears. Synonyms: ancestor, father, predecessor, forerunner More Synonyms of forebear forebear in British English or forbear (ˈfɔːˌbɛə) noun an ancestor; forefather forebear in American English (ˈfɔrˌbɛr) noun an ancestor Word origin < fore + be + -er Examples of 'forebear' in a sentence forebear We are much closer to our Victorian forebears than we might imagine. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But our Victorian forebears would have risen to the challenge. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He's qualified to pronounce on such matters because he has spent more than a decade researching what our distant forebears used to survive on. Times, Sunday Times (2008) One thing sets base jumpers apart from their Victorian forebears: they do not need an audience. Times, Sunday Times (2009) (noun) in the sense of ancestor Definition an ancestor I'll come back to the land of my forebears. Synonyms ancestor He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years. father land of my fathers predecessor opportunities our predecessors never had forerunner Quince jam was the forerunner of marmalade. forefather They went back to the land of their forefathers. progenitor the Arabian stallions which were the progenitors of all modern thoroughbreds tupuna or tipuna (New Zealand) Additional synonyms in the sense of father Definition a person who founds a line or family land of my fathers Synonyms forefather, predecessor, ancestor, forebear, progenitor, tupuna or tipuna (New Zealand) in the sense of forefather Definition an ancestor They went back to the land of their forefathers. Synonyms ancestor, father, predecessor, forerunner, forebear, progenitor, procreator, primogenitor, tupuna or tipuna (New Zealand) in the sense of forerunner Definition a person or thing that existed or happened before another and is similar in some way Quince jam was the forerunner of marmalade. Synonyms precursor, predecessor, ancestor, prototype, forebear, progenitor, herald (literary) Nearby words of forebear ford fore forearm forebear forebode foreboding forecast Synonyms of 'forebear' forebear Explore 'forebear' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of predecessor Definition an ancestor opportunities our predecessors never had Synonyms ancestor, forebear, antecedent, forefather, tupuna or tipuna (New Zealand) in the sense of progenitor Definition a direct ancestor the Arabian stallions which were the progenitors of all modern thoroughbreds Synonyms ancestor, parent, forebear, forefather, begetter, procreator, primogenitor
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