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forepoint

forepoint verb: to foreshadow.

Verb

forepoint (third-person singular simple present forepoints, present participle forepointing, simple past and past participle forepointed)

  1. (transitive) To foreshadow.

Forms of forepoint

third-person singular presentforepoints
present participleforepointing
past participleforepointed
pastforepointed

Origin of forepoint

From fore- + point.

Questions about forepoint

What does forepoint mean?
Forepoint means to foreshadow.
What part of speech is forepoint?
Forepoint is a verb.
What is the past tense of forepoint?
The past tense of forepoint is forepointed.

Words near forepoint in the dictionary

  1. foreplaying
  2. foreplays
  3. forepleasure
  4. forepocket
  5. forepockets
  6. forepoint
  7. forepointed
  8. forepointing
  9. forepoints
  10. foreposition
  11. forepossessed

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