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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foregainst

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fore-gainst
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English *foregaynst, foreagenis, foragenis, foreganis, from Old English fōran onġēan (“opposite”), equivalent to fore- + gainst. Compare German vorentgegen.

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Frequently Paired Words

foregain

Questions

What does foregainst mean?
Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to.
Where does foregainst come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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