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forecount

forecount verb: to count beforehand.

Verb

forecount (third-person singular simple present forecounts, present participle forecounting, simple past and past participle forecounted)

  1. (transitive) To count beforehand.
    • But there is no need to thus “forecount the years.”1895, The Dublin Review
  2. (transitive) To prejudge or esteem in advance.
    • […] Men always forecount their wives prudent, and their children dutiful.1789, Henry Home (Lord Kames.), Introduction to the Art of Thinking

Noun

forecount (plural forecounts)

  1. A preliminary tally, reckoning, or estimation.

Forms of forecount

Verb
third-person singular presentforecounts
present participleforecounting
past participleforecounted
pastforecounted
Noun
pluralforecounts

Origin of forecount

From fore- + count.

Questions about forecount

What does forecount mean?
Forecount means to count beforehand.
What part of speech is forecount?
Forecount can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of forecount?
The past tense of forecount is forecounted.

Words near forecount in the dictionary

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

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