forethought
11forethought — fore|thought [ˈfo:θo:t US ˈfo:rθo:t] n [U] careful thought or planning before you do something →↑foresight the forethought to do sth ▪ No one had the forethought to bring a map …
12forethought — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)θɔːt[/t]] N UNCOUNT 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 …
13forethought — noun a) Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation. With a little forethought wed have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now. b) Anticipation …
14forethought — fore|thought [ fɔrθɔt ] noun uncount careful thought and planning that prepares you well for a future event: He wished they had had the forethought to bring extra water …
15forethought — noun (U) careful thought about what needs to be done in order to make sure things happen well in the future: No one had had the forethought to bring a corkscrew …
16forethought — noun without forethought, you ll just keep stumbling through life Syn: anticipation, planning, forward planning, provision, precaution, prudence, care, caution; foresight, farsightedness, vision Ant: impulse, recklessness …
17forethought — UK [ˈfɔː(r)ˌθɔːt] / US [ˈfɔrθɔt] noun [uncountable] careful thought and planning that prepares you well for a future event He wished they had had the forethought to bring extra water …
18Forethought (company) — Forethought, Inc. was a computer software company, best known as developers of what is now Microsoft PowerPoint.HistoryIn late 1983, Rob Campbell and Taylor Pohlman founded Forethought, Inc in order to develop object oriented bit mapped… …
19forethought — 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 …
20forethought — /fawr thawt , fohr /, n. 1. thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence. 2. a thinking of something beforehand; previous consideration; anticipation. [1250 1300; ME forthoght. See FORE , THOUGHT1] Syn. 1. See prudence. * * * …
