Definition of "forethought" in English

noun

1. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.

   • With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.

2. Anticipation.

3. Provident care; prudence.

adjective

1. Thought of, or planned, beforehand.

   • c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court Forethought malice.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of forethink