English Explanatory Dictionary

foreset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
  2. To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
  3. To propose, suggest.
noun
  1. An obstacle; hindrance.
  2. That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
  3. The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.
adj
  1. Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

Word forms

foreset foresets foresetting fore-set more foreset most foreset

Etymology

From Middle English foresetten, from Old English fōresettan (“to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede”), equivalent to fore- + set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten (“to put in front”), German vorsetzen (“to put in front, offer, serve up”), Swedish föresätta (“to put before”).

Derived words

foresetting foreset bed
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