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UK
/fˈɔːteɪst/
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[ US /ˈfɔɹteɪst, fɔɹˈteɪst/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹteɪst, fɔɹˈteɪst/ ]
NOUN
- an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
How To Use foretaste In A Sentence
- In small ways that sometimes seem ineffectual, my friends and I are looking to experience some foretaste of that moment. Christianity Today
- Although they were high in the mountains, and the wind was from the east, and cold with a foretaste of winter, still, it felt warmer than the gelid air radiating from the White River.
- For a moment, in the joy of anticipation, a strange light illuminated his face, his lips parted as in a foretasted wonder, and he forgot even to drop the hand he had just withdrawn. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story
- But meantime there are signs, tokens, foretastes of the final Kingdom, which in themselves provide powerful support for Christian congregations in their sacrificial work.
- Who is right and is this a foretaste of a year-long election battle? Times, Sunday Times
- Two spectacular wins at the start of the season were a foretaste of things to come .
- This CD gives a foretaste of what to expect. Times, Sunday Times
- Here is a foretaste of things to come - a previous encounter displaying wonderful fighting chess. Times, Sunday Times
- The programme even opens with a theatrically portentous pre-credits teaser, an appetising foretaste of the bloodshed to come.
- The recent factory closures and job losses are just a foretaste of the recession that is to come.