forethought

[ fawr-thawt, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˌθɔt, ˈfoʊr- /

thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.

a thinking of something beforehand; previous consideration; anticipation.

Origin of forethought

First recorded in 1250–1300, forethought is from the Middle English word forthoght. See fore-, thought¹

1 See prudence.

With a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber.

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Their way of mourning, according to the pastor, involved research, meditation, and forethought.

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We ought to guard that evidence of American exceptionalism with great care and forethought.

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The difference, Folmar says, is that his mother had the forethought to get him into job-training programs at a young age.

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At least this time there was forethought on how the two firms could be restructured.

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"That's just fine, Oscar," commented the scout master, as though pleased at so great a show of forethought in two of his charges.

Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol |Alan Douglas
All of this care and forethought is expended on young which the mother will never see.

The Dawn of Reason |James Weir
It may help to cultivate this virtue, to practise some forethought.

Friends and Neighbors |Anonymous
His forethought, which went quite as far as ours, extended to bringing them grain for their subsistence.

The Original Fables of La Fontaine |Jean de la Fontaine
Yet, in the back of my mind, I smiled at my own forethought.

A Soldier of the Legion |Edward Morlae

forethought

/ (ˈfɔːˌθɔːt) /

advance consideration or deliberation

thoughtful anticipation of future events

forethoughtful, adjective forethoughtfully, adverb forethoughtfulness, noun