forecaution
/fɔːrˈkɔːʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Again, on the contrary, however much forecaution may have been taken in preparing the patient for an operation, some general disturbance follows, […]"
- "[…] that as nature had not given intelligence to these creatures, they cannot have the means of taking counsel together, of exercising forethought or forecaution, nor of learning any thing, […]"
- "They had at their disposal all the terrible enginery of secret murder, against which no human forecaution can effectually guard."
- "[…] to cure from the latter or effect, by a forecaution and prevention of its increaſe?"
- "[…] the result is worse, and serious breakage has occurred before the job was finished, due to settling of legs because no forecaution was taken to prevent it."
- "By Solomon, the Holy Spirit hath shewn and forecautioned us, saying, "And though they suffered torments in the sight of men, their hope is full of immortality. […]""
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
forecautions (plural)
forecautions (present, singular)
forecautioning (participle, present)
forecautioned (participle, past)
forecautioned (past)