to foreclose
8
7.9
- verb
- /fɔrˈkloʊz/
- Formal
:
imposibilitar
- Moreover, he even seemed to be foreclosing any further discussion of the matter.
- foreclose the possibility
- forecloses that option
- forecloses dialogue
It does all these things, but perhaps the worst of all, it stealthily forecloses our future.
- It does all these things, but perhaps the worst of all, it stealthily forecloses our future.
- So our culture has really foreclosed spiritual growth because we're so anxious about religion.
- And so we should be patient and I shouldn't, you know, kind of rush ahead if that can, you know, foreclose our potential if we are too hasty.
Examples
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Such rules would prevent existing owners from foreclosing the entry of new generators into the regional power market.
Academic text (1992) -
Or we could trigger bio, cyber or environmental catastrophes that foreclose all such potentials.
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Having an excess charge which is too low is going to imply that you want to foreclose, OK?
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So our culture has really foreclosed spiritual growth because we're so anxious about religion.
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Meanwhile, Clinton sought to foreclose debate and highlight presidential energy with a rhetoric of crisis.
Academic text (1997) -
And yet, under the approach now under consideration, such inquiry is foreclosed.
Academic text (2017) -
At the same time, the Court did not foreclose legalization of physician-assisted suicide as a matter of state law.
Academic text (1997) -
Havel's "higher horizon" opens up rather than forecloses genuine political possibility.
Academic text (1992) -
True transcendence does not foreclose the possibilities of creation, but is their liberating context.
Academic text (2017) -
The new policy will foreclose any chance of negotiation between the two parties.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Stop something from happening or someone from doing it
99
3.8
To stop something from entering, being included, or being thought about
87
5.5
To stop something from going on by removing support like money
62
3.0
To end something so it no longer happens
60
2.8
Stop something from happening
55
7.2
To stop something from happening or make it impossible
24
3.9
Stop people or vehicles from entering a place
17
7.1
Act early to stop a problem from happening
1
5.1
To stop an idea or plan from happening by rejecting it
1
6.5
Prevent a chance or option from being used
1
9.9
To stop something from happening or continuing
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Foreclose comes from fore- meaning 'before' and close meaning 'shut', so imagine 'shutting something out beforehand'. That's why to foreclose a possibility is to make it impossible or to prevent it from happening.