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How to pronounce “forestall”
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Pronunciation guide for forestall
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of forestall with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
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- Definition summary
- (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
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How to pronounce forestall
3 ways to practice civility
to forestall civility from turning ugly, from turning violent?
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A Deep Dive Into “forestall”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
- To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- To deprive (with of).
- (UK, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- [Noun]
- (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
- Something situated or placed in front.
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