forestall

forestall englannista suomeksi

1. estää

2. ennakoida

1. estää

2. ennakoida

forestall englanniksi

1. To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.

''Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.''

2. To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.

''In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.''

3. To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.

4. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.

5. (RQ:Milton Comus)

6. (RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence) She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to forestall his wants.

7. To deprive (with ''of'').

8. (RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline)

9. To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

10. An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.

11. Something situated or placed in front.