forehold

Meanings

Noun

The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.

Verb

To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.

Origin / Etymology

From fore- (prefix meaning ‘positioned at or near the front’) + hold (“the cargo area of an aircraft or ship”). Hold is a variant of hole (influenced by hold (verb)), from Middle English hole, hol (“perforation, hole; cave, cavern; hiding place, shelter; cell, compartment”), from Old English hol (“hole (in the ground)”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“depression, hollow; hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”) or *ḱewh₁- (“to be strong; to swell”).

Synonyms

anticipate, augur, call, divine, forecast, foredeem, forehold, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

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