Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Thought of, or planned, beforehand.

    c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court Forethought malice.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I don't think Tom did that with any forethought.

    deTom hat sich vermutlich nichts dabei gedacht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom says whatever comes into his head without forethought.

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  3. Tom usually acts without forethought.

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Origin

From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); eq

From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink.

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