Forestanding

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forestand form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Standing out in the forefront; prominent.

    "Many existing textual models take for granted assumptions made by Ricœur who is one of the forestanding figures of a contemporary field referred to as hermeneutics (involved with a study of the theory and practice of texts)."

Synonyms

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eminentmarkworthynotablenoteworthynoticeableoutstanding

Example

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"Many existing textual models take for granted assumptions made by Ricœur who is one of the forestanding figures of a contemporary field referred to as hermeneutics (involved with a study of the theory and practice of texts)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From forestand + -ing.

Etymology 2

From fore- + standing.

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