Meaning

2 senses

  1. Something situated or placed in front.

  2. (historical, obsolete)An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Our aim is to forestall all those risks.

    ruНаша цель - предупредить все эти риски. — marafon

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  2. Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.

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  3. He forestalled everybody in accomplishing.

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  4. This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.

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Origin

From Middle English forstal, from Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of

From Middle English forstal, from Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition”), equivalent to fore- + stall.

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Forms

plural: forestalls

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foreskinforestA2foresterforestryB2foretellforethought

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