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foretypes

foretypes is the plural of foretype.

Meaning of foretype

Noun

foretype (plural foretypes)

  1. A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
    • The last member of the trilogy could not well rival in pathos the Homeric foretype[…]1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 30

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Questions about foretypes

What is foretypes the plural of?
Foretypes is the plural of foretype.

Words near foretypes in the dictionary

  1. foretrucks
  2. foretrust
  3. foretrusting
  4. Forets
  5. foretype
  6. foretypes
  7. foretypified
  8. foreva
  9. forever
  10. forever after
  11. forever alone

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