forethink
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
- (transitive) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forethynken inherited from Old English fōreþenċan (consider, premeditate, be mindful) prefix from English think (seem, appear).
Origin
English
think
Gloss
seem, appear
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- afterthink English
- badthink English
- bethink English
- crimethink English
- doublethink English
- forethinker English
- forthink English
- goodthink English
- groupthink English
- herdthink English
- interthink English
- misthink English
- outthink English
- overthink English
- rethink English
- think English
- think meat English
- thinkable English
- thinker English
- thinkest English
- thinketh English
- thinking English
- thinko English
- thinksome English
- thinky English
- umbethink English
- underthink English
- unthink English
- unthinkable English
- whaddayathink English
- wrongthink English
- Vordenker German
- denken German
- vordenken German
- fōreþenċan Old English
- forethynken Middle English
- thinken Middle English
- tik Volapük
- tikön Volapük
- ting Tok Pisin
- tingting Tok Pisin
- tink Nigerian Pidgin
- think
- thinko
- thinky
- rethink
- unthink
- bethink
- thinker
- badthink
- thinkest
- thinketh
- thinking
- forthink
- outthink
- misthink
- umbethink
- thinksome
- overthink
- herdthink
- thinkable
- goodthink
- underthink
- think meat
- groupthink
- interthink
- crimethink
- afterthink
- wrongthink
- unthinkable
- forethinker
- doublethink
- whaddayathink