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foreannounce

foreannounce verb: to announce beforehand or in advance.

Verb

foreannounce (third-person singular simple present foreannounces, present participle foreannouncing, simple past and past participle foreannounced)

  1. (transitive) To announce beforehand or in advance.
    • 'Woe unto you; woe unto you,' and His own lips quivered and His own heart felt the woe, as He laid bare the sin and foreannounced the retribution.2004, Alexander MacLaren, Expositions Of Holy Scripture St. Matthew - Page 100

Forms of foreannounce

third-person singular presentforeannounces
present participleforeannouncing
past participleforeannounced
pastforeannounced

Origin of foreannounce

From fore- + announce.

Questions about foreannounce

What does foreannounce mean?
Foreannounce means to announce beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is foreannounce?
Foreannounce is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreannounce?
The past tense of foreannounce is foreannounced.

Words near foreannounce in the dictionary

  1. foreadvises
  2. foreadvising
  3. foreal
  4. forealleged
  5. foreanent
  6. foreannounce
  7. foreannouncement
  8. foreannouncements
  9. foreanswer
  10. foreanswered
  11. foreanswering

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