adj
Meaning 1
Beforehand; paid in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a forehand rent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
forehand
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /fɔːhænd/
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US: /fɔːɹhænd/
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CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R HH AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: racket sports
Examples
- the devastating speed of her forehand return
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: backhand
noun
Meaning 4
A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: disc sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flick
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The chief or most important part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The hand towards the front of the board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: backhand
verb
Meaning 9
To strike with a forehand stroke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forehand stroke, forehand shot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: return
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: форхенд (forhend) — stroke in racket sports
- Catalan: cop de dreta — stroke in racket sports
- Chinese Mandarin: 正手 (zhèngshǒu) — stroke in racket sports
- Czech: forhend — stroke in racket sports
- Finnish: kämmenlyönti — stroke in racket sports
- French: coup droit — stroke in racket sports
- Hungarian: tenyeres — stroke in racket sports
- Polish: forhend — stroke in racket sports
- Romanian: forehand — stroke in racket sports
- Serbo-Croatian: forhend — stroke in racket sports
- Swedish: forehand — stroke in racket sports
- Swedish: forehandslag — stroke in racket sports
- Bulgarian: предница (prednica) — all of the part of a horse which is before the rider
Real reading context