forestall

Определение forestall в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible
In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.; To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert
Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.; To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price; {v} to anticipate, prevent, buy before; To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate; To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance; To deprive; with of; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it. Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations. = stop. to prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first; {f} thwart, frustrate; prevent, ward off; act in advance, anticipate; keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market
forestaller: A person who forestalls, especially one who buys goods before they can be sold on the open market in anticipation of rising prices
forestaller: {n} one who anticipates a market
To forestall: forstall
forestalled: past of forestall
forestaller: one who forestalls the market
forestaller: {i} one who acts in advance; one who prevents or thwarts
forestaller: One who forestalls; esp
forestalling: the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
forestalling: present participle of forestall
forestalls: third-person singular of forestall

forestall

Расстановка переносов

fore·stall

Турецкое произношение

fôrstôl

Произношение

/fôrˈstôl/ /fɔːrˈstɔːl/

Этимология

[ fOr-'stol, for- ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”) from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”) from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”).