foretaste
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈfɔrˌteɪst/
:
anticipo
- Its ostensible purpose was to demonstrate his diplomatic bona fides to voters back home, but it was also meant to give a foretaste of the international goodwill America would enjoy under his presidency.
- give a foretaste
Examples
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On the prairie, early November sometimes brings a bitter foretaste of winter.
Fiction book (1992) -
The unexpected rain was a foretaste of the severe storms predicted for later this week.
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Give the American a foretaste of things to come.
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Europe has already had its first foretaste of what this may mean.
Blog text (24) -
Believe me, commander, that is only a foretaste.
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A foretaste of paradise itself.
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The full extent of that power you have yet to realize, but here is a mere foretaste.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mock student election movement gives students a foretaste of adulthood.
Blog text (6) -
The world of the yeshiva flourished in exile as a foretaste of the world to come.
Academic text (1993) -
We are painfully aware that we are here offering the reader a mere sampler or foretaste, not the full intellectual feast we would have liked to offer had we but space enough and time.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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5.0
A small, faint feeling of hope or understanding
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6.7
A hint early in a story that shows what will happen later
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8.7
A sign or feeling that something bad will happen
A sign or early example that shows what will happen later
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Etymology
The word foretaste comes from fore- meaning 'before' and taste meaning 'a small sample'. So a foretaste is a little sample you get 'before' the full thing, which is why it means an early experience of what will come.