forelight

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

forelight

Where it comes from

From fore- + light.

noun forelights

A forward positioned or forward facing light, especially one used to guide, direct, or navigate; beacon; (by extension) a signal; indicator Each miracle was a foretoken, and forelight, and firstfruit of the restoration of all creation. When he healed the sick, that cure was a forelight of the sickless state.
Light emitted prior to or in anticipation of an event; a previous, former, or early light The City, it seemed to her, knew it dimly, with a yearning faint as dawn's forelight, which grew stronger with each passing hour, inevitably.

Opposite: afterlight

Thesaurus

noun

Opposite: afterlight

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"forelight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/forelight. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

forelight. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/forelight

Chicago

"forelight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/forelight.

BibTeX

@misc{forelight_2026,
  title = {forelight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forelight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}