单词 | forethought |
释义 | forethought (once / 3296 pages) n Forethought is considering or planning something ahead of time. With some forethought. you can make sure to cook enough food for all the friends you invited to your dinner party. People with forethought are good planners: it takes a little forethought to plan a trip to Europe or to make a monthly budget or to interview someone for a newspaper article. Instead of acting impulsively, using forethought means making a strategy or considering different outcomes before taking action. It comes from the obsolete forethink, "think of something beforehand," from Old English, foreþencan, "to premeditate or consider." WORD FAMILYforethought: forethoughtful, forethoughts+/forethoughtful: forethoughtfully, unforethoughtful/rethink: rethinking, rethinks, rethought/think: rethink, thinkable, thinker, thinking, thinks, thought/thinkable: thinkably, unthinkable/thinker: thinkers/thinking: thinkingly, thinkings, unthinking/thought: forethought, thoughtful, thoughtless, thoughts, unthought/thoughtful: thoughtfully, thoughtfulness, unthoughtful/thoughtfulness: thoughtfulnesses/thoughtless: thoughtlessly, thoughtlessness/thoughtlessness: thoughtlessnesses/unthinkable: unthinkably/unthinking: unthinkingly/unthoughtful: unthoughtfully, unthoughtfulness USAGE EXAMPLESThat is a great luxury and one that, with some forethought and attention, we should be able to continue to enjoy. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) Defense attorney Bill Goodwin says the killing meets the definition of manslaughter because no malice or forethought existed for Silvia. Washington Times(Dec 08, 2016) His brochures and materials made his events sound like masterworks of planning and forethought, when, in reality, he committed almost astonishing oversights. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) 1n planning or plotting in advance of acting Syn|Hyper premeditation planning, preparation, provision the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening 2n judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger Syn|Hyper care, caution, precaution judiciousness good judgment |
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