Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.

  2. (dialectal, transitive)To ordain; assign; allot in advance.

  3. To propose, suggest.

Origin

From Middle English foresetten, from Old English fōresettan (“to place before, shut in, pr

From Middle English foresetten, from Old English fōresettan (“to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede”), equivalent to fore- + set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten (“to put in front”), German vorsetzen (“to put in front, offer, serve up”), Swedish föresätta (“to put before”).

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Forms

foresets, foresetting, foreset, foreset
Base formforeset · to foreset
3rd person singularforesets
Present participleforesetting
Past simpleforeset
Past participleforeset

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforeset
he, she, itforesets

Past simpleLesson

all personsforeset

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill foreset

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foreplayforerunnerforeseeB2foreseeableforeshadowforesightforeskin
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