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forehistory

forehistory noun: the period of history preceding a given time or event; prior history.

Noun

forehistory (countable and uncountable, plural forehistories)

  1. The period of history preceding a given time or event; prior history.
    • "[…] On this territory of dawning forehistory the prophetic narrator has operated with great freedom."1881, Alexander Balmain Bruce, The Chief End of Revelation, page 84
    • Tregarvon knew nothing of this man's antecedents; of the forehistory of any of them, for that matter.1916, Francis Lynde, After the Manner of Men, page 30

Antonyms of forehistory

  • afterhistory

Forms of forehistory

pluralforehistories

Origin of forehistory

From fore- + history.

Questions about forehistory

What does forehistory mean?
Forehistory means the period of history preceding a given time or event; prior history.
What part of speech is forehistory?
Forehistory is a noun.
What is the plural of forehistory?
The plural of forehistory is forehistories.

Words near forehistory in the dictionary

  1. foreheats
  2. foreheld
  3. forehew
  4. forehewn
  5. forehistories
  6. forehistory
  7. forehock
  8. forehocks
  9. forehold
  10. foreholden
  11. foreholding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forehistory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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