forehold

== English == === Etymology 1 === From fore- (prefix meaning ‘positioned at or near the front’) +‎ hold (“the cargo area of an aircraft or ship”). Hold is a variant of hole (influenced by hold (verb)), from Middle English hole, hol (“perforation, hole; cave, cavern; hiding place, shelter; cell, compartment”), from Old English hol (“hole (in the ground)”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“depression, hollow; hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”) or *ḱewh₁- (“to be strong; to swell”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːhəʊld/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹˌhoʊld/ Hyphenation: fore‧hold ==== Noun ==== forehold (plural foreholds) (nautical) The forward or front part of the hold of a ship. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From fore- (prefix meaning ‘occurring beforehand; earlier, prior to’) +‎ hold (“to maintain; to consider, opine”). Hold is derived from Middle English holden (“to grasp; to possess; to hold (a belief or opinion”), from Old English healdan (“to grasp, hold fast; to possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *haldan (“to hold; to keep”), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to hold; to keep”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːˈhəʊld/, /fə-/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈhoʊld/, /fɚ-/ Rhymes: -əʊld Homophone: forhold Hyphenation: fore‧hold ==== Verb ==== forehold (third-person singular simple present foreholds, present participle foreholding, simple past foreheld, past participle foreheld or (obsolete) foreholden) (transitive, rare) To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict. Synonyms: (obsolete) foredeem, presage, prognosticate; see also Thesaurus:predict ===== Usage notes ===== Not to be confused with forhold (“to detain; to withhold”). ===== Derived terms ===== foreholding (noun) ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === hold (compartment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia prediction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “forehold”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.