noun
Meaning 1
A taste beforehand.
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Standard Lemma guide
foretaste
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noun
Meaning 2
A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.
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verb
Meaning 3
To taste beforehand.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To taste before another.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 6
an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: expectation, outlook, prospect
History
Etymology
From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- + taste (noun).
From Middle English fortasten, equivalent to fore- + taste (verb).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предвкусване (predvkusvane) — taste taken in advance
- Danish: forsmag — taste taken in advance
- Dutch: voorproefje — taste taken in advance
- Finnish: esimaku — taste taken in advance
- French: avant-goût — taste taken in advance
- German: Vorgeschmack — taste taken in advance
- Hungarian: ízelítő — taste taken in advance
- Italian: presentimento — taste taken in advance
- Italian: pregustazione — taste taken in advance
- Italian: prelibazione — taste taken in advance
- Norwegian Bokmål: forsmak — taste taken in advance
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forsmak — taste taken in advance
- Norwegian Nynorsk: føresmak — taste taken in advance
- Occitan: abansgost — taste taken in advance
- Occitan: abanstast — taste taken in advance
- Plautdietsch: Väaschmak — taste taken in advance
- Polish: przedsmak — taste taken in advance
- Russian: предвкуше́ние (predvkušénije) — taste taken in advance
- Swedish: försmak — taste taken in advance
- Bulgarian: предвкусвам (predvkusvam) — to taste beforehand
- Finnish: maistaa etukäteen — to taste beforehand
- Bulgarian: предвкусвам (predvkusvam) — to enjoy by anticipation
- Portuguese: prelibar — to enjoy by anticipation