Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fore-approval

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: fore-ap-proval
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Approval granted beforehand or in advance.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The word "foreknow" in the text is significant of fore-approval, fore-delight, fore-love, approbation, and choice."
"The "foreknowledge" spoken of is evidently a fore-approval; it denotes the resting of the mind of God beforehand upon the person with complacency and love."
"Is it not evident, that his fore-approval, or election, of some to sonship upon earth merely, is a very different thing from his fore-approval, or election, of others to eternal sonship in heaven ?"
"Hallelujah, God's foreknowledge includes foreapproval, fore-appreciation, foreacknowledgement, foremarrying, and foreordination! Christ was foreknown before the foundation of the world."

Etymology

From fore- + approval.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

Inflected Forms

fore-approvals (plural) foreapproval (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

foreapprove

Questions

What does fore-approval mean?: Approval granted beforehand or in advance.
Where does fore-approval come from?: From fore- + approval.

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