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PRONUNCIATION OF FORETOKEN

foretoken  [ˈfɔːˌtəʊkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORETOKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foretoken is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb foretoken in English.

WHAT DOES FORETOKEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foretoken in the English dictionary

The definition of foretoken in the dictionary is a sign of a future event. Other definition of foretoken is to foreshadow.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORETOKEN

PRESENT

Present
I foretoken
you foretoken
he/she/it foretokens
we foretoken
you foretoken
they foretoken
Present continuous
I am foretokening
you are foretokening
he/she/it is foretokening
we are foretokening
you are foretokening
they are foretokening
Present perfect
I have foretokened
you have foretokened
he/she/it has foretokened
we have foretokened
you have foretokened
they have foretokened
Present perfect continuous
I have been foretokening
you have been foretokening
he/she/it has been foretokening
we have been foretokening
you have been foretokening
they have been foretokening
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I foretokened
you foretokened
he/she/it foretokened
we foretokened
you foretokened
they foretokened
Past continuous
I was foretokening
you were foretokening
he/she/it was foretokening
we were foretokening
you were foretokening
they were foretokening
Past perfect
I had foretokened
you had foretokened
he/she/it had foretokened
we had foretokened
you had foretokened
they had foretokened
Past perfect continuous
I had been foretokening
you had been foretokening
he/she/it had been foretokening
we had been foretokening
you had been foretokening
they had been foretokening
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will foretoken
you will foretoken
he/she/it will foretoken
we will foretoken
you will foretoken
they will foretoken
Future continuous
I will be foretokening
you will be foretokening
he/she/it will be foretokening
we will be foretokening
you will be foretokening
they will be foretokening
Future perfect
I will have foretokened
you will have foretokened
he/she/it will have foretokened
we will have foretokened
you will have foretokened
they will have foretokened
Future perfect continuous
I will have been foretokening
you will have been foretokening
he/she/it will have been foretokening
we will have been foretokening
you will have been foretokening
they will have been foretokening
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would foretoken
you would foretoken
he/she/it would foretoken
we would foretoken
you would foretoken
they would foretoken
Conditional continuous
I would be foretokening
you would be foretokening
he/she/it would be foretokening
we would be foretokening
you would be foretokening
they would be foretokening
Conditional perfect
I would have foretoken
you would have foretoken
he/she/it would have foretoken
we would have foretoken
you would have foretoken
they would have foretoken
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been foretokening
you would have been foretokening
he/she/it would have been foretokening
we would have been foretokening
you would have been foretokening
they would have been foretokening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you foretoken
we let´s foretoken
you foretoken
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to foretoken
Past participle
foretokened
Present Participle
foretokening
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORETOKEN


awoken
əˈwəʊkən
bespoken
bɪˈspəʊkən
betoken
bɪˈtəʊkən
broken
ˈbrəʊkən
Cariocan
ˌkærɪˈəʊkən
forespoken
fɔːˈspəʊkən
forspoken
fɔːˈspəʊkən
heartbroken
ˈhɑːtˌbrəʊkən
Hoboken
ˈhəʊbəʊkən
oaken
ˈəʊkən
outspoken
ˌaʊtˈspəʊkən
ryokan
rɪˈəʊkən
slow-spoken
ˌsləʊˈspəʊkən
soken
ˈsəʊkən
spoken
ˈspəʊkən
token
ˈtəʊkən
unbespoken
ˌʌnbɪˈspəʊkən
unbroken
ʌnˈbrəʊkən
unspoken
ʌnˈspəʊkən
woken
ˈwəʊkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORETOKEN

foretaste
foreteach
foreteeth
foretell
foreteller
forethink
forethinker
forethought
forethoughtful
forethoughtfully
forethoughtfulness
foretime
foretold
foretooth
foretop
foretopman
foretriangle
forever
forevermore
foreverness

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORETOKEN

book token
by the same token
fair-spoken
free-spoken
frithsoken
gift token
house-broken
love token
plain-spoken
record token
rough-spoken
short-spoken
sloken
smooth-spoken
soft-spoken
well-spoken
wind-broken

Synonyms and antonyms of foretoken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORETOKEN»

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

Translation of «foretoken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORETOKEN

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

Translator English - Chinese

预兆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

presagio
570 millions of speakers

English

foretoken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foretoken
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

foretoken
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

foretoken
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prenúncio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বনিদর্শন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foretoken
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Foretoken
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

foretoken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

foretoken
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

foretoken
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foretoken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điềm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

foretoken
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भाकीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

presagire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapowiedzią
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

foretoken
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foretoken
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

foretoken
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beduiden
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

foretoken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foretoken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foretoken

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORETOKEN»

The term «foretoken» is used very little and occupies the 151.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORETOKEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foretoken» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foretoken» 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 foretoken

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORETOKEN»

Discover the use of foretoken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foretoken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... bode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, omen, portend, presage, promise foreboding n syn APPREHENSION 3, apprehensiveness, misgiving, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment rel augury, foretoken, omen, portent, prognostic ; ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
2
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete ...
(3) “When the Tathagata, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One [dreamt] that white worms with black heads crawled from his feet up to his knees and covered them, [this was a foretoken] that many white—robed householders would go for ...
‎2012
3
Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
foretoken. foretoken, fSr'tS-kn, n., a token or sign beforehand. foretoken, fOr- tOTcn, v. t. , /^ signify beforehand. foretooth, fOr'teoth, «., a jW/» in the forepart of the mouth.—//, foreteeth, for'tfith. ioretop, fbVtop, «., naut., the platform at the head of ...
James Donald, 1867
4
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
To foretoken ; to foreshow. These ills prophetic signs have oft foretold. Dr. Warton , Virgil. To Forete'll. v. n. To utter prophecy. All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, have likewise^orrfoM of these days. Acts, iii. 24. Forete'ller.
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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Chamber's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
foVtO-kn, п., a token or sign beforehand. foretoken, för-töTen, v. t., to signify beforehand. iurrtooth, för'töoth, я., а А»м ш the forepart of the mouth.—//, foreteeth , forte th. farttop, för'top, п., naut., the platform at the bead of the foremast iorttopmart, ...
James Donald, William Chambers, 1868
6
The Synonym Finder
2. prefigure, foreshadow, foretoken, give signs of, presage; point to, signalize, indicate, betoken. 3. anticipate, foretell, forecast; preview, foresee, foreglimpse, look ahead; scent, feel in one's bones, foreknow. forerunner, n.- 1. predecessor ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
7
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Ioretei.ler, n. a. 5 pass, foretold; (fore and tell.) To predict ; to prophesy ; to foretoken; to foreshow; to utter prophecy : pre- dicter; foreshower. All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, have likewise foretold of these days. Act r iii.
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
8
The Reader ...: A Selection of Lessons in the Various Kinds ...
Pop'ular, pleasing to the people Pop'ulous, full of people Po'rcelain, China-ware; an herb Po'rtable, that may be carried Po'rtal, a gate ; the arch of a gate Porten' tous, foreboding To portend, to foretoken Po'rtraiture, a picture from life To ...
Abner Alden, 1802
9
A Dictionary Of The English Language: In Which The Words are ...
Anticipation of. Soulb, To FORETE'L. v. a. [fore and tell. ] 1. To predict j to prophesy. Drydtn, 2. To foretoken ; to foreshow. To FORETE'L. v. ». To utter prophecy. ABi. FORETE'LLER. /. [ from forete!.] Pre- dicter ; foreshower. ht/k. ToFORETHINK.
Samuel Johnson, 1756
10
The Discourse on the All-embracing Net of Views: The ...
When, as soon as he was born, he stood with his feet (páda) planted evenly on the ground, that was the foretoken of his ... was the foretoken of his supremacy in all the world (sabbalokuttarabháva).256 His stride of seven steps foretokened his  ...
‎1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORETOKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foretoken is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bush Caviar finds his range with Clifford Park victory | Toowoomba …
... when he took out the Neil Mansell Transport Benchmark 75 Handicap (1000m) by a half-length from Foretoken ($5) and Performia ($4.60). «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Walker Hoping For Lightning Strike
Ayessaypee. J: Madimong Isaac Duba. T: James Maree. 20/1. Add to bet slip. 7. Foretoken. J: Goodman Fundile Dadamasi. T: Stephen Moffatt. «Sportinglife.com, May 15»
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: "The Noxious Avenger" Review
I also couldn't help but notice April's particular disdain for Grody, possibly a foretoken of April's own career as a TV reporter. This was also the ... «IGN, Apr 15»
4
First is second for Lady Cecil
Ayessaypee. J: Madimong Isaac Duba. T: James Maree. 20/1. Add to bet slip. 7. Foretoken. J: Goodman Fundile Dadamasi. T: Stephen Moffatt. «Sportinglife.com, Mar 15»
5
The Yowie emerges to hand connections impressive debut win
The Yowie's winning time of 1:03.00 was inside Foretoken's track record of 1:03.20 but was hand clocked and won't be recognised as a record. «Toowoomba Chronicle, Nov 14»
6
Charming Thought Edges Ivawood
Ayessaypee. J: Madimong Isaac Duba. T: James Maree. 20/1. Add to bet slip. 7. Foretoken. J: Goodman Fundile Dadamasi. T: Stephen Moffatt. «Sportinglife.com, Oct 14»
7
An Anti-Zen Garden Full of Skulls and More Unearthly Unease
Foretoken” (2008), a work that took two years to complete, has in its towering wave silhouettes of people parachuting away from a balloon on ... «Hyperallergic, Oct 14»
8
It's Carmelo Anthony or Nothing for Chicago Bulls' Offseason
Earning Anthony's first meeting isn't a crystallized foretoken of his eventual arrival, but it's certainly not inconsequential. The Bulls have made ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 14»
9
Win tickets to Sandown
Ayessaypee. J: Madimong Isaac Duba. T: James Maree. 20/1. Add to bet slip. 7. Foretoken. J: Goodman Fundile Dadamasi. T: Stephen Moffatt. «Sportinglife.com, May 14»
10
Winning time: 5m 49.50s
Ayessaypee. J: Madimong Isaac Duba. T: James Maree. 20/1. Add to bet slip. 7. Foretoken. J: Goodman Fundile Dadamasi. T: Stephen Moffatt. «Sportinglife.com, Mar 14»

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