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forethoughtful

Adjective CEFR C2
ˈfɔɹθɔtfʊl

Definitions

Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.

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Examples

“But we live⟳ in an age of the world when a spirit is abroad which is more than directly and blessedly influential on the present⟳,— which is forethoughtful and prospective, casting its relations like⟳ strong grappling-irons over the future, and claiming its issues.”
“Meal times always caught the majority unaware. They tumbled and jostled down the companionways only to find⟳ the wise and forethoughtful had preëmpted every chair.”
“And I should have⟳ been forethoughtful enough to see⟳ the looming danger.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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