foretaste
11foretaste — UK [ˈfɔː(r)ˌteɪst] / US [ˈfɔrˌteɪst] noun [singular] an example of something that will happen in the future to a greater degree The summer job had given her a foretaste of office work …
12foretaste — noun /ˈfɔteɪst/ (say fawtayst) 1. a taste beforehand; anticipation: *Frightful pain; and it s affecting the other eye already giving me a foretaste of hell. –joseph furphy, 1903. –verb (t) /fɔˈteɪst/ (say faw tayst) (foretasted, foretasting) 2.… …
13foretaste — I. noun Date: 15th century 1. a small anticipatory sample 2. an advance indication or warning Synonyms: see prospect II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to taste beforehand ; anticipate …
14foretaste — n. /fawr tayst , fohr /; v. /fawr tayst , fohr /, n., v., foretasted, foretasting. n. 1. a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation. v.t. 2. to have some advance experience or knowledge… …
15foretaste — 1. noun a) A taste beforehand. b) A sample taken in anticipation; enjoyment taken in advance. 2. verb a) To taste beforehand …
16foretaste — Synonyms and related words: antepast, anticipate, antipasto, aperitif, appetizer, canape, contemplate, envisage, envision, foreglimpse, forerun, foresee, forestall, get ahead of, go before, go off half cocked, jump the gun, look ahead, look… …
17foretaste — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. preliminary experience, presentiment, forerunner; see anticipation 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A limited or anticipatory experience: sample, taste. See FORESIGHT …
18foretaste — n. partial experience of something which is to come v. taste beforehand, partially experience something which is to come …
19foretaste — noun a sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead …
20foretaste — I. v. a. Anticipate. See forestall, 2. II. n. Anticipation, antepast, prelibation, forestalling, taste beforehand …
