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forestart

forestart noun: a head start.

Noun

forestart (plural forestarts)

  1. A head start.
    • John, you and I will be both in heaven shortly; but though you be much older than I, my soul will get the forestart of yours, for I will be first in heaven, but your body will have the advantage of mine, for ye will get rest in your grave until the resurrection, and die there; […]c. 1726, Patrick Walker, quoting Alexander Peden in "Remarkable Passages in the Life and Death of Mr. Alexander Peden", Biographia Presbyteriana

Forms of forestart

pluralforestarts

Origin of forestart

From fore- + start. Compare German Vorsprung (“headstart”).

Questions about forestart

What does forestart mean?
Forestart means a head start.
What part of speech is forestart?
Forestart is a noun.
What is the plural of forestart?
The plural of forestart is forestarts.

Words near forestart in the dictionary

  1. forestalment
  2. forestalments
  3. forestals
  4. forestand
  5. forestanding
  6. forestart
  7. forestarts
  8. Forestas
  9. forestate
  10. forestated
  11. forestatement

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