Meaning & use

foretaste

noun·Advanced

A small sample or experience of something that will happen more fully later.

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The warm afternoon gave us a foretaste of the summer heat that was still weeks away.

His polite email was a foretaste of the courteous treatment we received throughout the trip.

A note on using this word

Foretaste usually points to something anticipated, whether pleasant or unpleasant, and often appears with "of."

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