forestalling

Meaning of forestalling

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking advance action.
    they will present their resignations to forestall a vote of no confidence

Old English foresteall ‘an ambush’ (see fore- and stall). As a verb the earliest sense (Middle English) was ‘intercept and buy up goods before they reach the market, so as to raise the price’ (formerly an offence).

Information about forestalling

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of forestalling is: forestallings.
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Hyphenation of forestalling

fore-stalling

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
  • forestalling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

forestalling synonyms

Meaning obviation:

obviation, preclusion

Meaning guess or be aware of (what will happen) and take action in order to be prepared:

anticipate

Meaning oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully:

thwart

Meaning prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled:

frustrate

Meaning prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:

foil

Meaning prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence):

avert

Meaning prevent from happening; make impossible:

preclude

Meaning remove (a need or difficulty):

obviate

Meaning keep (something) from happening:

prevent

Meaning obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:

intercept

Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:

check

Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:

block

Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:

hinder

Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:

impede

Meaning (in various sports) impede (a player in the opposing team) in a manner which constitutes an offence:

obstruct

Words that rhyme with forestalling

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