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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)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) 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

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Questions about foretracking

What is foretracking the present participle of?
Foretracking is the present participle of foretrack.

Words near foretracking in the dictionary

  1. foretouched
  2. foretouches
  3. foretouching
  4. foretrack
  5. foretracked
  6. foretracking
  7. foretracks
  8. foretrained
  9. foretriangle
  10. foretriangles
  11. foretruck

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