foretracking
foretracking is the present participle of foretrack.
Meaning of foretrack
Verb
foretrack (third-person singular simple present foretracks, present participle foretracking, simple past and past participle foretracked)
- To track beforehand or in advance.
- If, thereby, in the proximate future even two or three of the great Atlantic storms that ravage the sail-whitened offings of the British coasts can, every year, be foretracked and their destination be telegraphically and officially announced to the threatened European districts, the life-saving and...1880, The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, volume 3, page 727
- To track in a forward direction.
- Marten trails were foretracked and backtracked as far as possible.2010 (Digitized), Wildlife Division Report - Issue 3268, page 43
Questions about foretracking
- What is foretracking the present participle of?
- Foretracking is the present participle of foretrack.
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