a feeling that something bad is going to happen [noncount] ▪ She was filled with a sense of foreboding. [count] ▪ It seems that her forebodings were justified.
2.forestall(v.)
[+ obj] 1) : to stop (something) from happening or to cause (something) to happen at a later time
▪ Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict. ▪ His comments were meant to forestall criticism of his proposal.
▪ Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict. ▪ His comments were meant to forestall criticism of his proposal.
2) : to act before (someone else) in order to prevent something
▪ He forestalled critics by offering a defense of the project.
▪ He forestalled critics by offering a defense of the project.
3.preclude(v.)
[+ obj] formal 1) : to make (something) impossible : to prevent (something) from happening
▪ She suffered an injury that precluded the possibility of an athletic career. ▪ Bad weather precluded any further attempts to reach the summit.
▪ She suffered an injury that precluded the possibility of an athletic career. ▪ Bad weather precluded any further attempts to reach the summit.
2) : to prevent (someone) from doing something
— + from ▪ The injury precluded her from having an athletic career.
4.precocious(a.)
[more precocious; most precocious] of a child : having or showing the qualities or abilities of an adult at an unusually early age
▪ She was a precocious child who could read before she went to school. ▪ A precocious musician, he was giving concerts when he was seven.
▪ She was a precocious child who could read before she went to school. ▪ A precocious musician, he was giving concerts when he was seven.
5.precursor(n.)
[count] somewhat formal : something that comes before something else and that often leads to or influences its development
— often + of or to ▪ Rhythm and blues was a precursor of rock music. ▪ Small tremors may be precursors to big earthquakes.
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