Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foreclose
Participle: foreclosed
Gerund: foreclosing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foreclose |
| you | foreclose |
| he;she;it | forecloses |
| we | foreclose |
| you | foreclose |
| they | foreclose |
Perfect
| I | have foreclosed |
| you | have foreclosed |
| he;she;it | has foreclosed |
| we | have foreclosed |
| you | have foreclosed |
| they | have foreclosed |
Past
| I | foreclosed |
| you | foreclosed |
| he;she;it | foreclosed |
| we | foreclosed |
| you | foreclosed |
| they | foreclosed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreclosed |
| you | had foreclosed |
| he;she;it | had foreclosed |
| we | had foreclosed |
| you | had foreclosed |
| they | had foreclosed |
Future
| I | will foreclose |
| you | will foreclose |
| he;she;it | will foreclose |
| we | will foreclose |
| you | will foreclose |
| they | will foreclose |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foreclosed |
| you | will have foreclosed |
| he;she;it | will have foreclosed |
| we | will have foreclosed |
| you | will have foreclosed |
| they | will have foreclosed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foreclose |
| you | foreclose |
| he;she;it | foreclose |
| we | foreclose |
| you | foreclose |
| they | foreclose |
Perfect
| I | have foreclosed |
| you | have foreclosed |
| he;she;it | have foreclosed |
| we | have foreclosed |
| you | have foreclosed |
| they | have foreclosed |
Imperfect
| I | foreclosed |
| you | foreclosed |
| he;she;it | foreclosed |
| we | foreclosed |
| you | foreclosed |
| they | foreclosed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreclosed |
| you | had foreclosed |
| he;she;it | had foreclosed |
| we | had foreclosed |
| you | had foreclosed |
| they | had foreclosed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foreclose |
| you | would foreclose |
| he;she;it | would foreclose |
| we | would foreclose |
| you | would foreclose |
| they | would foreclose |
Perfect
| I | would have foreclosed |
| you | would have foreclosed |
| he;she;it | would have foreclosed |
| we | would have foreclosed |
| you | would have foreclosed |
| they | would have foreclosed |
Imperative
| you | foreclose |
| we | Let's foreclose |
| you | foreclose |
Verbs conjugated like 'foreclose'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'foreclose'
forclose,
forelove,
reclose,
beclose,
eclose,
firehose,
forcurse,
forebode,
forecast,
foreclaim,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, from O.Fr. forclos, pp. of forclore "exclude," from fors "out" (from L. foris "outside;" see foreign) + clore "to shut." Specific mortgage law sense is first attested 1728.
2. Partially from Middle English foreclosen, forclosen, from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore (“to exclude”), from for- (“(prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy)”) + clore (“to shut”), and partially from Middle English forclusen (“to close up”), from Old English forclȳsan (“to close up”), equivalent to fore- + close.
Sample Sentences
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They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.
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The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. [1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:]
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One of the paradoxes of Ostpolitik, as practiced by Brandt and his successors, was that by transferring large sums of hard currency into East Germany and showering the GDR with recognition, attention, and support, West German officials unintentionally foreclosed any chance of internal change, including reform of Eastern Germany’s polluted, antiquated industrial economy. [2005, Tony Judt, “The Power of the Powerless”, in Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:]
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to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat. [2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 55:]