English

Alternative forms

• fore-read

Verb

foreread ‎(third-person singular simple present forereads, present participle forereading, simple past and past participle foreread)

1. (transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
   • 1904, Vassar College, The Vassar miscellany: Volume 34:

     She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."

   • 1907, Harper's magazine: Volume 114:

     He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe, while England would remain supine, simply because Neweastle was a fool and Ormskirk would be dead.

2. (transitive) To read beforehand or ahead of time.
   • 1989, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Despair: a novel:

     I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.

3. (transitive) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
   • 1922, James Branch Cabell, Gallantry:

     He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.

Noun

foreread ‎(plural forereads)

1. A foreword; preface.