Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreready

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-eready
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make ready ahead of time; prepare in advance.

Transitive verb

verb

To become ready; to prepare oneself.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Plainly, he had forereadied them. I thought more of him for that, not less, having had many hours of my life wasted by lackwits unprepared for the audiences they had gained with me."
"If l am a lifemaster l have the same "right" to a museum as these other men & have a full right to foreready for it while l am alive."

Etymology

From fore- + ready. Compare Dutch voorbereiden.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

Inflected Forms

forereadies (present, singular) forereadying (participle, present) forereadied (participle, past) forereadied (past)

Questions

What does foreready mean?: To make ready ahead of time; prepare in advance.
Where does foreready come from?: From fore- + ready. Compare Dutch voorbereiden.

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