different between forehanded vs beforehand
forehanded
English
Etymology
From forehand +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???hand?d/
Adjective
forehanded (comparative more forehanded, superlative most forehanded)
- (now US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 88:
- ‘I dun'no' whether it air night or no,’ she said [...]. ‘I mought be too forehanded a-gittin' supper fur aught I kin tell.’
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 88:
- (obsolete, US) Wealthy.
- (not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke.
- Direct, straightforward, sincere.
- (obsolete) Paid or executed in advance.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
Adverb
forehanded (comparative more forehanded, superlative most forehanded)
- With a forehand stroke.
forehanded From the web:
beforehand
English
Etymology
From Middle English biforhand, biforhond, beforehonde, bifornhand, equivalent to before +? hand. [13th century. After Old French avant main]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??f??hænd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??f??hænd/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /b??fo(?)?hænd/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /b??fo?hænd/
- Hyphenation: be?fore?hand
Adverb
beforehand (not comparable)
- At an earlier or preceding time.
- Will it be possible to have access to the room beforehand so that we can set up chairs?
- I love playing tennis but I always get so nervous beforehand.
- Weeks beforehand, I had bought the tickets for the concert.
Synonyms
- in advance
- upfront
Antonyms
- afterwards
Translations
Derived terms
- beforehand in the world
Adjective
beforehand (comparative more beforehand, superlative most beforehand)
- (obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
- rich and much beforehand
- 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
- (archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
- 1839, London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
- […] the medical attendant ought to be rather beforehand with the symptoms of excitement, and to diminish the large quantity of wine before they appear.
- 1839, London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
Derived terms
- beforehandness
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