(n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
(v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
(v. t.) To taste before another.
Example Sentences:
(1) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
(2) Abnormal events such as Hurricane Sandy , which cost $65bn (£40bn) and the 2011-12 US drought, which cost $35bn (£21bn) may be just foretasters of the price to be paid.
(3) Viewers in Scotland, deprived of some of its big dramas, are experiencing a foretaste of a watered-down version.
(4) The suspension of children's heart surgery at Leeds general infirmary and the subsequent battle to restart operations is a foretaste of what will become a familiar chain of events in the NHS post Mid-Staffordshire.
(5) To obtain the bailout, Hollande, who insisted he inherited the debts from the right, has had to oversee local cuts and budgetary "rigour", a foretaste, perhaps, of what is to come if he finds himself handling the country's public spending deficit.
(6) As a foretaste, discussions over the justice and home affairs opt-back-in were delayed because Spain raised objections connected to the status of Gibraltar – just the kind of tricky subject that goes unnoticed when everyone is part of the same EU and then becomes extremely awkward when someone decides unilaterally to change the rules of the game.
(7) The criticism he offered last Tuesday offers a foretaste of a line of attack against Clinton that has served him so well already in the campaign.
(8) That means unemployment is going to get a lot worse next year and today's rises are merely a foretaste of things to come.
(9) If these exchanges were any foretaste of the televised debates that will inevitably happen, they might prove to be less than enlightening.
(10) But in saying that he "expects" the two parties to campaign separately at the next general election , he was providing a foretaste of a nightmare for most of Clegg's foot soldiers – come 2015, those Lib Dem MPs who cling to their seats will do so thanks to Cameron's largesse.
(11) "Fifty years after the March on Washington and the 'I have a dream' speech, obviously we've made enormous strides," the president said on Friday, in a foretaste of his speech.
(12) If Dave was having trouble convincing Siemens of his brilliance, it was only a foretaste of the stick he will face from some of his backbenchers.
(13) A foretaste of the arguments likely to erupt came from Guthrie, who told the Guardian: "It was a totally unnecessary war.
(14) Now the facts have started to speak: 11 of the past 14 years have been the warmest on record, the Arctic ice-cap is melting and last year's inflamed oil and food prices provide a foretaste of future havoc.
(15) The brief tabloid fury that followed was a foretaste of the storm that would later break over Jonathan Ross.
(16) Yesterday's package was only a foretaste, but was nonetheless instructive, not least because easy cuts to things like IT programmes represented only a modest proportion of the total.
(17) It is a frightening foretaste of the Tory manifesto and the assault on liberty that could follow an outright Conservative win in 2015, and yet even now – under a coalition with avowed liberals – the bartering away of ancient freedoms is picking up pace, as we will see with today's crunch Commons votes on plans to plunge public courtrooms into darkness.
(18) The criticism aimed at Mark Carney, the Bank’s governor, for his comments during the Scottish and EU referendums are merely a foretaste of what it can expect if another crisis erupts in the next few years.
(19) These cries are a mere foretaste of the horrors ahead, as a close reading of the bill confirms.
(20) Scotland and north-western England are receiving a foretaste of the change, with heavy rain and thunder increasing on Tuesday, and severe weather amber alerts – meaning "be aware" – issued for the whole of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Preview
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The musical would begin previews in Chicago on December 21, and move to Broadway in February.
(2) Director Gareth Edwards , who made Godzilla, introduced a tantalizing concept reel to preview the mysterious film, which is part of a series of films exploring other stories outside of the core Star Wars saga.
(3) It represents a rapid deterioration in relations since Monday when, previewing the Rotherham game, Karanka spoke of his “amazing” relationship with Steve Gibson, Boro’s owner, and everyone at the club.
(4) According to shareholder Marvin Pearlstein, in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Manhattan on Friday, the Canadian-based BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion Ltd, misled investors last year by saying the company was "progressing on its financial and operational commitments," and that previews of its BlackBerry 10 platform had been well received by developers.
(5) The experimental intervention consisted of accurate information about sequences of events, sensory experiences, role expectations and appropriate responses, previews of procedures through play techniques, and supportive care given at critical points pre- and postoperatively.
(6) "If you don't want my gear [on TV], I've got plenty of other places to take it," Jamie Oliver told advertisers last autumn, brazenly and a tad cheekily, at a Channel 4 "upfront" preview presentation of its 2014 schedule.
(7) In a sneak preview of the findings, Howard Reed of Landman Economics, who was commissioned to do the work, told a meeting this week that "most of the gain" from raising the income tax allowance goes to "families who aren't very poor in the first place", and instead increasing tax credits for working low-income families was the "best targeted way of encouraging work among lone parents and workless couples".
(8) 23 May More films to see in 2014 • 2014 preview: thrillers • 2014 preview: comedy • 2014 preview: Oscar hopefuls • 2014 preview: science fiction • 2014 preview: romance • 2014 preview: drama • This article was amended on Thursday 2 January 2014.
(9) Speaking at a press conference following the preview of his latest film, Melancholia, von Trier expressed sympathy for Hitler, remarked that Israel was "a pain in the arse" and jokingly confessed to being a Nazi .
(10) MK Dons v Chelsea: match preview Read more The club annouced Pato’s arrival on an initial six-month loan move from Corinthians on Friday night after he attended a work permit hearing in London.
(11) In an exclusive preview of their strategy, Richard Rogers's group told the Guardian yesterday that the biggest challenge was Paris's "enormous disparity" and the "staggering psychological barrier" between the core of the city and the world beyond the ring-road.
(12) I decided to develop a 50-minute debut Fringe show and performed previews in London to test the show out and began promoting it.” By giving herself a taster of the Edinburgh experience before jumping in with both feet, Collins prepared herself for what was ahead.
(13) Yeah, as I said, come back from the dead.” I have managed to get my hands on some of the correspondence that’s been going back and forth, and can give you a sneak preview of the ideas.
(14) Premier League 2015-16 preview No9: Manchester City | Paul Wilson Read more The Dutch club announced the season-long loan deal for the 19-year-old, who captains Ghana’s junior national team, but a broken foot means Agyepong is not expected to be fit until September.
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(16) Computerized tests comprised 3 pursuit tracking tasks (preview-random, step and a combination of these), designed to measure different aspects of integrated sensory-motor (S-M) function, and 12 tasks aimed at breaking tracking into various sensory, perceptual and motor components (joint movement sense, visual resolution, object perception, static and dynamic visuospatial perception, range of movement, grip and arm strength, reaction time, speed, static and dynamic steadiness).
(17) 7.25pm BST More via the nice, not to say obliging chaps @Ussoccer – in this case, a handy video preview of the game that is now, what, five minutes and some anthems away… 7.20pm BST Weather and warm-up update from US soccer… 7.16pm BST And Bosnia-Herzegovina: Begovic, Spahic, Bicakcic, Salihovic, Zukanovic, Lulic, Rahimic, Pjanic, Misimovic, Ibisevic, Dzeko.
(18) This facilitation was observed both in the time to name an isolated target word and in the fixation time on the target word while silently reading a sentence; the preview was virtually never consciously identified in either task.
(19) After showings of familiar and already much-anticipated stuff such as Watch Dogs , Assassin's Creed IV , South Park: the Stick of Truth and Mighty Quest for Epic Loot , we got The Crew , a cross-America racing title with seamless player collaboration and competition and lots of levelling up ( read our preview here ).
(20) The Warriors and Thunder gave us the best game of the year There's usually no better way to ensure a game won't be memorable than to hype it up as a potential playoff preview.