Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forethink
Participle: forethinked
Gerund: forethinking
Indicative
Present
| I | forethink |
| you | forethink |
| he;she;it | forethinks |
| we | forethink |
| you | forethink |
| they | forethink |
Perfect
| I | have forethinked |
| you | have forethinked |
| he;she;it | has forethinked |
| we | have forethinked |
| you | have forethinked |
| they | have forethinked |
Past
| I | forethinked |
| you | forethinked |
| he;she;it | forethinked |
| we | forethinked |
| you | forethinked |
| they | forethinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had forethinked |
| you | had forethinked |
| he;she;it | had forethinked |
| we | had forethinked |
| you | had forethinked |
| they | had forethinked |
Future
| I | will forethink |
| you | will forethink |
| he;she;it | will forethink |
| we | will forethink |
| you | will forethink |
| they | will forethink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forethinked |
| you | will have forethinked |
| he;she;it | will have forethinked |
| we | will have forethinked |
| you | will have forethinked |
| they | will have forethinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forethink |
| you | forethink |
| he;she;it | forethink |
| we | forethink |
| you | forethink |
| they | forethink |
Perfect
| I | have forethinked |
| you | have forethinked |
| he;she;it | have forethinked |
| we | have forethinked |
| you | have forethinked |
| they | have forethinked |
Imperfect
| I | forethinked |
| you | forethinked |
| he;she;it | forethinked |
| we | forethinked |
| you | forethinked |
| they | forethinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had forethinked |
| you | had forethinked |
| he;she;it | had forethinked |
| we | had forethinked |
| you | had forethinked |
| they | had forethinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forethink |
| you | would forethink |
| he;she;it | would forethink |
| we | would forethink |
| you | would forethink |
| they | would forethink |
Perfect
| I | would have forethinked |
| you | would have forethinked |
| he;she;it | would have forethinked |
| we | would have forethinked |
| you | would have forethinked |
| they | would have forethinked |
Imperative
| you | forethink |
| we | Let's forethink |
| you | forethink |
Verbs conjugated like 'forethink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'forethink'
forthink,
rethink,
bethink,
forebring,
forecheck,
forehand,
forehend,
foremind,
forepoint,
foreskin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English forethynken, from Old English fōreþenċan (“to premeditate, consider, be mindful”), corresponding to fore- + think. Cognate with Dutch voordenken, German vordenken (“to think ahead”). See: Dutch '
voordenken', German, old spelling '
vordenken'.
Verbs referencing "forethink"
German, old spelling
vordenken.
Sample Sentences
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O vain sorceress , that could be wary to avoid the punishment of Saul ; careless to avoid the judgment of God ! Could we forethink what our sin would cost us , we durst not but be innocent [1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC:]
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[…]and the soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:]
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Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...]. [1635, John Donne, Song:]