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  • 1forethink — verb a) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate. Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...]. b) To thi …

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  • 2Forethink — Fore*think , v. i. To contrive beforehand. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3premeditate — pre·med·i·tate /pri me də ˌtāt/ vb tat·ed, tat·ing vt: to think about or consider beforehand must premeditate the killing and deliberate about it W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr. vi: to think or consider beforehand Merriam Webster’s Dictionary… …

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  • 4prepare — preparer, n. /pri pair /, v., prepared, preparing. v.t. 1. to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery. 2. to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc. 3. to manufacture, compound, or… …

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  • 5predetermine — I verb agree beforehand, be biased, be influenced, be jaundiced, be prejudiced, be prepossessed, be swayed, contrive a result, decide beforehand, decide in advance, destinate, destine, determine beforehand, determine in advance, doom, fate,… …

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  • 6forecast — [c]/ˈfɔkast / (say fawkahst) verb (forecast or forecasted, forecasting) –verb (t) 1. to conjecture beforehand; predict. 2. to make a forecast of (the weather, etc.). 3. to serve as a forecast of; foreshadow: *High tech economic tendencies… …

  • 7plan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Formulated scheme for getting something done Nouns 1. plan, scheme, design, project, undertaking; aim, intention; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, resolve, motion; precaution, provision,… …

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  • 8forecast — forecastable, adj. forecaster, n. /fawr kast , kahst , fohr /, v., forecast or forecasted, forecasting, n. v.t. 1. to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates …

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  • 9international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 10ar|rang´er — ar|range «uh RAYNJ», verb, ranged, rang|ing. –v.t. 1. to put in the proper, or any desired, order: »to arrange furniture or one s hair. Please arrange the books on the library shelf. He arranged his business so that he could take a vacation in… …

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