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Meaning of forethink | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
  2. To think about beforehand; to anticipate.

Examples

“O vain sorceress , that could be wary to avoid the punishment of Saul ; careless to avoid the judgment of God ! Could we forethink what our sin would cost us , we durst not but be innocent”
“[…]and the soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.”
“Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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