Meaning & use
foretaste
A small sample or experience of something that will happen more fully later.
See it in a sentence
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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