Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forebuy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-buy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Blessed are they who with forethought rightly live; for they have forebought a fortunate rebirth."
"1979, Pasture and politics: economics, conflict, and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of northwestern Iran ... buyers visit the camps soon after the shearing in good time to ensure that their forebought wool does not get into other hands."
"...so it will often happen that forethought is thus fore-bought or secured."

Etymology

From fore- + buy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

forebuys (present, singular) forebuying (participle, present) forebought (participle, past) forebought (past) fore-bought (alternative)

Questions

What does forebuy mean?: To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.
Where does forebuy come from?: From fore- + buy.

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