Word: forebear
Category: forebear
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Related words: forebear
forbear, forebear definition
Synonyms: forebear
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: forebear
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german
Translations:
vorfahr, urahn, ahn
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french
Translations:
ancêtre
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russian
Translations:
прародитель, предшественник, предок
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czech
Translations:
předek
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polish
Translations:
przodek
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ukrainian
Translations:
попередник, предок
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estonian
Translations:
hoiduma, esivanem
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croatian
Translations:
prethodnik, predak
The meaning and "use of": forebear
noun
- an ancestor. - One cannot hope to rise or succeed in the world unless one's forebears had the requisite abilities.