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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORETHOUGHT', forethaut'. pret. of forething.
FO'RETHOUGHT, n. fo'rethaut.
1. A thinking beforehand; anticipation; prescience; premeditation.
2. Provident care.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn: premeditation, forethought]
2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care" [syn: caution, precaution, care, forethought]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a thinking or planning out in advance ; premeditation 2. consideration for the future II. adjective Date: 15th century archaic aforethought

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 care or provision for the future. 2 previous thinking or devising. 3 deliberate intention.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forethought Fore"thought`, a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. ``Forethought malice.'' --Bacon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forethought Fore"thought`, n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. --I. Taylor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you act with forethought, you think carefully before you act about what will be needed, or about what the consequences will be. With a little forethought many accidents could be avoided.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Foresight, forecast, anticipation, precaution, prudence, provident regard to the future.

Moby Thesaurus

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