Meaning of forbear | Babel Free
ˈfɔː.bɛəEquivalents
العربية
إمتنع عنه
Magyar
tartózkodik
Examples
“[1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr. Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold⟳ …”
“One does not take⟳ one’s family name⟳ therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn⟳; this too is a patrilineal group.”
“Beginning with the bald declaration “I think⟳ I was cold in the womb,” the speaker in “The Forbears” then decides that his brother (who died soon after birth) must also have⟳ been cold in the womb, like⟳ his grandfather John and the forbears who antedated John:”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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