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US
/ˈfɔɹˌθɔt/
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[ UK /fˈɔːθɔːt/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔːθɔːt/ ]
NOUN
- planning or plotting in advance of acting
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judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
he handled the vase with care
he exercised caution in opening the door
How To Use forethought In A Sentence
- They can be counted on to enthusiastically endorse any Democratic Party idea, regardless of how utterly void of common sense or careful forethought.
- In order to aggrandize afresh their power, the powerful countries started aforethought aggression time and again.
- I mean, it is really quite extraordinary that he has eluded capture, and it suggests careful forethought on his part.
- If the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the one accused, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
- We had had the forethought to book places in advance.
- If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter.
- Those that have sought to divide the Nation know exactly what they do ... and their reasons are legion, and the forethought is the exact same that Epimetheus had. The Jacksonian Party
- At a very small additional expense, the State could have planted every rod of improved highway with productive trees, putting that forethoughtful specification into the contracts. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919
- careful forethoughtful planning
- He goes on to explain that there was considerable forethought regarding this approach, going to the lean-field rather than to the green, which many of his German competitors have decided to do.