forecount

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verb

To count beforehand.

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Meanings

verbforecount (third-person singular simple present forecounts, present participle forecounting, simple past and past participle forecounted)

present singular third person forecounts · participle present forecounting · participle past forecounted · past forecounted

  1. transitiveTo count beforehand.

    But there is no need to thus “forecount the years.”

    1895, The Dublin Review
  2. transitiveTo prejudge or esteem in advance.

    […] Men always forecount their wives prudent, and their children dutiful.

    1789, Henry Home (Lord Kames.), Introduction to the Art of Thinking
nounforecount (plural forecounts)

plural forecounts

  1. A preliminary tally, reckoning, or estimation.

Origin

From fore- + count.

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APA

forecount. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecount

MLA

“forecount.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecount. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forecount,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecount.

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