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🚀 A first attempt ⚔️ A sudden attack ⚔️ To attack briefly 🛒 To raid or loot
to foray

to foray

1 7.8
To go briefly into a new area or activity to try it
  • verb
  • /ˈfɔːreɪ/
translation icon : incursionar en
  • Their recent campaign to start a female-focused beauty app on the Xbox console sets them as a pioneer, venturing where no beauty brands have forayed before.

Examples

  • Yet as China's urban populace forays further and faster into the future, their rural counterparts are trying to follow in their footsteps.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The young CEO also said at the tech industry conference in San Francisco this week that Facebook is uniquely positioned to foray into this segment.

    Blog text (13)

  • At that age, owlets foray up to several hundred yards away from their natal nest at night, but return to its vicinity at sunrise.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The soldiers planned to foray into enemy territory at dawn to gather intelligence.

  • She decided to foray into painting after seeing a local exhibition that inspired her.

  • The team will foray into new markets as part of their growth strategy this year.

Synonyms

to foray into
vsto foray
17 6.0

To enter a new place to try to take something or reach a goal

has the same meaning but without the specific prepositional phrase
to venture forth
vsto foray
3 6.2

To go somewhere or do something even when it is risky

is usually a brief sudden incursion often as a first attempt
to sortie
vsto foray
  • Specialized
8.6

To leave a defensive position to make a sudden attack

is broader, including brief ventures into activities beyond military action

Antonyms

to remain
∞ 1.0

To stay in the same place or state and not change

to defend
∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Phrasal Verbs

to foray into
17 6.0

To enter a new place to try to take something or reach a goal

How Aggressive

to invade
380 4.4
to foray
1 7.8
raid
373 4.9

Surface Forms

foray infinitive
forayed past
forayed past participle
foraying present participle
forays third person singular

Etymology

To foray into a place or activity once meant to make a fast raid into enemy land, and that picture of a short, bold trip explains why we also use foray to mean a brief venture or first try in something new.