Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.

Origin

From fore- (prefix meaning ‘occurring beforehand; earlier, prior to’) + hold (“to maintain

From fore- (prefix meaning ‘occurring beforehand; earlier, prior to’) + hold (“to maintain; to consider, opine”). Hold is derived from Middle English holden (“to grasp; to possess; to hold (a belief or opinion”), from Old English healdan (“to grasp, hold fast; to possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *haldan (“to hold; to keep”), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to hold; to keep”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”).

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Forms

foreholds, foreholding, foreheld, foreheld
Base formforehold · to forehold
3rd person singularforeholds
Present participleforeholding
Past simpleforeheld
Past participleforeheld

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforehold
he, she, itforeholds

Past simpleLesson

all personsforeheld

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave foreheld
he, she, ithas foreheld

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forehold

Synonyms

15 synonyms
anticipateB2callA2divineB1forecastB1foreseeB2predictA2foredeempresageprognosticateaugurbodeforeshadowforetellprophesy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foregoforegroundforeheadB1foreignA1foreignerA1foremanB2
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