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foreweigh

foreweigh verb: to estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.

Verb

foreweigh (third-person singular simple present foreweighs, present participle foreweighing, simple past and past participle foreweighed)

  1. (transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.

Forms of foreweigh

third-person singular presentforeweighs
present participleforeweighing
past participleforeweighed
pastforeweighed

Origin of foreweigh

From fore- + weigh.

Questions about foreweigh

What does foreweigh mean?
Foreweigh means to estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
What part of speech is foreweigh?
Foreweigh is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreweigh?
The past tense of foreweigh is foreweighed.

Words near foreweigh in the dictionary

  1. forewater
  2. forewaters
  3. foreway
  4. foreways
  5. foreweep
  6. foreweigh
  7. foreweighed
  8. foreweighing
  9. foreweighs
  10. forewent
  11. forewheel

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