foretaste
IPA: fɔrtˈeɪst
noun
- A taste beforehand.
- A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.
verb
- (transitive) To taste beforehand.
- (transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
- (transitive) To taste before another.
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Examples of "foretaste" in Sentences
- This was a foretaste of more problems to come.
- But this was only a foretaste of things to come.
- It was just a foretaste of the difficulties to come.
- As such, it was foretasted to intensify into a tropical storm.
- This ensured or gave a foretaste of salvation in the after life.
- It is an interesting production and is a foretaste of great things to come.
- This foretaste of the riches of the East galvanised interest in the region.
- This foretaste of the riches of the East galvanized interest in the region.
- But van Heerden's success with Natal was only a foretaste of what was to come.
- This multiplication of effects at the very outset of the play served as a shock and foretaste of what the audience would find farther along.