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Meaning of "forebear" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREBEAR

forebear  [ˈfɔːˌbɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREBEAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forebear is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOREBEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ancestor

An ancestor or forebear is a parent or the parent of an ancestor. Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited." Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other, or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2n ancestors in the nth generation before him and a total of about 2g+1 ancestors in the g generations before him. In practice, however, it is clear that the vast majority of ancestors of humans are multiply related. Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans that have ever lived.

Definition of forebear in the English dictionary

The definition of forebear in the dictionary is an ancestor; forefather.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREBEAR


abear
əˈbɛə
bare
bɛə
bear
bɛə
bugbear
ˈbʌɡˌbɛə
Camembert
ˈkæməmˌbɛə
cudbear
ˈkʌdˌbɛə
Flaubert
ˈfləʊbɛə
forbear
fɔːˈbɛə
he-bear
ˈhiːˌbɛə
overbear
ˌəʊvəˈbɛə
Rambert
ˈrɒmbɛə
threadbare
ˈθrɛdˌbɛə
unbare
ʌnˈbɛə
unbear
ʌnˈbɛə
underbear
ˌʌndəˈbɛə
upbear
ʌpˈbɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREBEAR

fore-edge
fore-topgallant
fore-topmast
fore-topsail
foreanent
forearm
forearm smash
forearmed
forebay
forebitt
forebitter
forebode
forebodement
foreboder
foreboding
forebodingly
forebodingness
forebody
foreboom
forebrain

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREBEAR

American black bear
Asiatic black bear
black bear
bring to bear
brown bear
cinnamon bear
drop bear
grizzly bear
honey bear
jelly bear
koala bear
Kodiak bear
polar bear
she-bear
sloth bear
sun bear
teddy bear
water bear
white bear
woolly bear

Synonyms and antonyms of forebear in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOREBEAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forebear» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forebear

Translation of «forebear» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREBEAR

Find out the translation of forebear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forebear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forebear» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

祖先
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antepasado
570 millions of speakers

English

forebear
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्वज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سلف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antepassado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বপুরুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ancêtre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Forebear
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Urahn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先祖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Forebear
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sắm sửa trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆரம்ப கட்டமான வணிகவியலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ata
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forebear
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przodek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

предок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

strămoș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόγονος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorouer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

forebear
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bear
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forebear

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREBEAR»

The term «forebear» is regularly used and occupies the 81.074 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREBEAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forebear» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forebear» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forebear

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREBEAR»

Discover the use of forebear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forebear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See forbid. forbear, v.t.; forebear, n. These words are not cognate, though they are confused in every conceivable way. Forbear is the verb meaning "to refrain from objecting to; to tolerate." The verb is inflected forbear > forbore > forborne. E.g. ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Residents' Teaching Skills
JAMES A. KNIGHT When our physician forebear Sir William Osler (1849-1919) was asked what his most important contribution to medicine was, Osler stated simply: "I desire no other epitaph . . . than the statement that I taught medical ...
Janine Edward, PhD, Joan A. Friedland, Robert Bing-You, 2002
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The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
Conversely, some words usually spelled with fore- also have accepted spelling variants in for- like the noun forebear, "ancestor," also sometimes written forbear. Only the spelling forbear, however, is acceptable for the homophonous verb ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
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Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Public Lands and ...
Hereditary Causes Predisposing to an Unstable Nervous System of “Neuropathic Constitution” Male Female Totals Percent Psychopathic forebear . . . . . . . . . . . 48 11 59 13.7 Alcoholic forebear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 23 55 12.8 Syphilitic forebear .
Nebraska. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 1912
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Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Public Lands and ...
Nebraska. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings. Hereditary Causes Predisposing to an Unstable Nervous System of “Neuropathic Constitution” Male Female Totals Percent Psychopathic forebear . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Alcoholic forebear .
Nebraska. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 1912
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Biennial Report
Hereditary Causes Predisposing to an Unstable Nervous System of "Neuropathic Constitution" Male Female Totals Percent Psychopathic forebear 48 11 59 13.7 Alcoholic forebear 32 23 55 12.8 Syphilitic forebear 5 5 10 2.3 Epileptic forebear  ...
Nebraska. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 1912
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Garner's Modern American Usage
forbear /fohr-bair/, v.t.; forebear /fohr-bair/, n. Though unrelated, these words are confused in every conceivable way. Forbear—the verb meaning “to refrain from objecting to; to tolerate”—is inflected forbear >forbore >forborne. But because the  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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The Facts on File Guide to Good Writing
Founder means “collapse,” “sink,” or “fail”: The project seems likely to founder. flout/flaunt See FLAUNT/FLOUT. foment/ferment See FERMENT/FOMENT. forbear/forebear These two words are easily confused but are unrelated in meaning.
Martin H. Manser, 2009
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To Fill, Forebear, Or Adorne: The Organ Accompaniment of ...
This is the first study to provide a systematic and thorough investigation of continuo realization styles appropriate to Restoration sacred music.
Rebecca Herissone, 2006
10
Graph Drawing: 15th International Symposium, GD 2007, ...
We call the bicomp which has v as its root, the forebear bicomp,the others are called non-forebear bicomps. The Walkdown can be run unmodified, as long as no stopping configuration occurs. The same holds if a stopping configuration occurs ...
Seok-Hee Hong, Takao Nishizeki, Wu Quan, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREBEAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forebear is used in the context of the following news items.
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Timely remembrance of Thurgood Marshall - SFGate
He laces the tale with a few good anecdotes, particularly in the early going when Marshall talks about his ancestry — his first American forebear ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
2
Drawn together | The Sunday Times
It is not wholly fanciful to compare the aesthetic of today's Hoxton hipster with that of his Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer forebear. There's ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
3
Ted 2 review: Filthy fun sadly spoiled by tired moments - David …
But given the brilliance of its forebear, you can't help wishing for something better. By cutting out a good 20 minutes, it would have been twice ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Anti-semitism, Islamophobia On The Rise In Europe - MintPress News
The group and its larger English forebear represent a new crop of right-wing radicals who don't fit the mold of the boot-stomping, Jew-hating ... «Mintpress News, Jul 15»
5
Riley explains Multimatic LMP2 plan
The new car will be known as a Riley and its type number will be the MkXXX as the 30th project in the history of the company and its forebear, ... «Racer, Jul 15»
6
Terror fears, Rising debt? Australia still the best place on earth
Forebear the bad times, focus on the good, and have faith that both you and I are living in the best place on earth. Both now and for ever more. «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
Safety equipment: Ground penetrating radar for utility mapping
... Locator Pro is faster, more accurate and offers higher resolution and significantly better depth of penetration than its first generation forebear. «Utility Products, Jul 15»
8
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are so very Victorian in …
In his pin-stripe getup and with slicked back hair, Benedict Cumberbatch is a dead ringer for Jeremy Brett, his illustrious forebear in the role. «Radio Times, Jul 15»
9
5 modern versions of off-roaders that could take the fight to the Jeep …
Eventually, it was replaced by the S-10-based Blazer and the Tahoe, both much softer and less purposeful than their forebear. With a shortened ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Mariska Hargitay faces the challenges on screen and off
But both those women, and their peers, have a forebear, a woman who was defining feminine strength long before the so-called present golden ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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