Forethought
['fɔːθɔːt] or ['fɔr'θɔt]
Definition
(a.) Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.
(n.) A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
Typist: Robbie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Foresight, forecast, anticipation, precaution, prudence, provident regard to the future.
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- But the hands accept it as they do machinery, without understanding the intense mental labour and forethought required to bring it to such perfection. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Had no need to ask, after even my slight experience of Miss Summerson's forethought for every one about her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The nurse had dressed Lady Glyde, with excellent forethought, in a bonnet, veil, and shawl of her own. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Maurice, with considerable forethought, took Crispin with him below, and they filled their travelling-flasks with brandy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Edited by Glenn