foreclose

1. 1.

   keep from happening or arising; make impossible

   “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”

   “Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project”

   Synonymspreventforestallprecludeforbid

   Narrowerinhibitsavedebarobstructthwartstop
2. 2.

   subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage

   Broaderreclaim

Other forms of foreclose

past tense

foreclosed·

present participle

foreclosing·

third person

forecloses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about foreclose

What does foreclose mean?

foreclose means "keep from happening or arising; make impossible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in foreclose?

foreclose has 2 syllables: fore-close. The stress falls on "close". In IPA it is /fɔɹˈkloʊz/.

What is another word for foreclose?

Close synonyms include prevent, forestall, preclude, forbid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foreclose a common word?

foreclose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with foreclose?

2 words rhyme with foreclose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.