foreread verb 3noun 1forms 2 verb3 •To read beforehand or ahead of time.I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version. — 1989 •To signify beforehand; predict.She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea." — 1904 •To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe. — 1922 noun1 •A foreword; preface. formsforereading · forereads