foretaste.

A small, early experience of something that is expected to come later.

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Words that belong together

• a foretaste of freedom
• foretaste of trouble

On the page

The first frost gave them a foretaste of the winter ahead.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Singular foretaste; plural foretastes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.