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forereading

forereading is the present participle and gerund of foreread.

Meaning of foreread

Verb

foreread (third-person singular simple present forereads, present participle forereading, simple past and past participle foreread)

  1. (transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
    • She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."1904, Vassar College, The Vassar miscellany: Volume 34
  2. (transitive) To read beforehand or ahead of time.
    • I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.1989, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Despair: a novel
  3. (transitive) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
    • He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.1922, James Branch Cabell, Gallantry

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Questions about forereading

What is forereading the present participle and gerund of?
Forereading is the present participle and gerund of foreread.

Words near forereading in the dictionary

  1. forereach
  2. forereached
  3. forereaches
  4. forereaching
  5. foreread
  6. forereading
  7. forereads
  8. foreready
  9. forerecited
  10. forereckon
  11. forereckoning

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