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foreconstruct

foreconstruct verb: to construct in advance.

Verb

foreconstruct (third-person singular simple present foreconstructs, present participle foreconstructing, simple past and past participle foreconstructed)

  1. (transitive) To construct in advance
    • A new idea of arrangement struck him while at breakfast, which quite altered his fore-constructed plan, and he began to act upon it as soon as conceived.1828, Thomas Jeffrey Llewelyn Prichard, The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti
    • No amount of analysis of what can possibly be considered as the elements or factors of the English language as spoken and written in the period from 1520 to 1560 can enable us to foresee, to fore-construct, or even to account a posteriori for [...]1908, Emil Reich, General History of Western Nations from 5000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.
    Synonyms:
    preconstruct

Synonyms of foreconstruct

Forms of foreconstruct

third-person singular presentforeconstructs
present participleforeconstructing
past participleforeconstructed
pastforeconstructed
alternative formfore-construct

Origin of foreconstruct

From fore- + construct.

Questions about foreconstruct

What does foreconstruct mean?
Foreconstruct means to construct in advance.
What part of speech is foreconstruct?
Foreconstruct is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreconstruct?
The past tense of foreconstruct is foreconstructed.

Words near foreconstruct in the dictionary

  1. forecondemning
  2. forecondemns
  3. foreconscious
  4. foreconsider
  5. foreconsidered
  6. foreconstruct
  7. forecount
  8. forecounts
  9. forecourse
  10. forecourses
  11. forecourt

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