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forelearning

forelearning noun: learning beforehand or in advance. Also the present participle and gerund of forelearn.

Noun

forelearning (uncountable)

  1. Learning beforehand or in advance.
    • An important feature of the original edition of Leaves of Grass was his emphasis on the unaccountable emergence of his poems without forelearning or art.2011, Paul R. Fleischman, Cultivating Inner Peace

Also used as

forelearning is also the present participle and gerund of forelearn.

Origin of forelearning

From fore- + learn + -ing.

Questions about forelearning

What does forelearning mean?
Forelearning means learning beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forelearning?
Forelearning is a noun.

Words near forelearning in the dictionary

  1. foreleaders
  2. foreleading
  3. foreleads
  4. forelearn
  5. forelearned
  6. forelearning
  7. forelearns
  8. foreled
  9. foreledge
  10. foreleg
  11. forelegged

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