forelearning

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noun

Learning beforehand or in advance.

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Meanings

nounforelearning (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLearning beforehand or in advance.

    An important feature of the original edition of Leaves of Grass was his emphasis on the unaccountable emergence of his poems without forelearning or art.

    2011, Paul R. Fleischman, Cultivating Inner Peace
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forelearn

Origin

From fore- + learn + -ing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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