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forecautions

forecautions is the plural of forecaution.

Meaning of forecaution

Noun

forecaution (countable and uncountable, plural forecautions)

  1. (archaic, uncountable) Caution in advance; precaution.
    • Again, on the contrary, however much forecaution may have been taken in preparing the patient for an operation, some general disturbance follows, […]1882, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Reports, Smith, Elder & Co., page 405
  2. (archaic, countable) A measure taken in advance to disallow misfortune; a precaution.
    • […] to cure from the latter or effect, by a forecaution and prevention of its increaſe?1662, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Oriatrike, Or, Phyſick Refined, the Common Errors Therein Refuted, and the Whole Art Reformed & Rectified, page 394

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Questions about forecautions

What is forecautions the plural of?
Forecautions is the plural of forecaution.

Words near forecautions in the dictionary

  1. forecatches
  2. forecatching
  3. forecaught
  4. forecaution
  5. forecautioned
  6. forecautions
  7. forechain
  8. forechains
  9. forecharge
  10. forecharges
  11. forechase

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