Swedisch | Englisch |
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före adverb | fast(ahead of the correct time or schedule) |
före detta adjektiv | former(previous) |
Före detta jugoslaviska republiken Makedonien proper noun | former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(provisional designation of the Republic of North Macedonia, see also: Republic of North Macedonia; North Macedonia) |
före sin tid preposition | ahead of one's time(in advance of commonly accepted ideas) before someone's time(at a stage that seems premature) |
förebild [~en ~er] substantiv | role model [role models](person who serves as an example) |
förebild [~en ~er] substantiv {c} | icon [icons](religious painting) model [models](praiseworthy example) type [types](theology: event or person that prefigures or foreshadows) |
förebildlig [~t ~a] adjektiv | exemplary(of such high quality as to serve as an example, see also: ideal; perfect) |
förebrå [~brådde, ~brått, ~brådd ~brått, pres. ~brår] verb | rebuke [rebuked, rebuking, rebukes](to criticise harshly; to reprove) reproach [reproached, reproaching, reproaches](to criticize or rebuke someone) |
förebud [~et ~] substantiv | harbinger [harbingers](that which foretells the coming of something) |
förebud [~et ~] substantiv {n} | augury [auguries](an omen or prediction; a foreboding) premonition [premonitions](clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) |
förebygga [~byggde ~byggt] verb | obviate [obviated, obviating, obviates](to bypass a requirement) prevent [prevented, preventing, prevents](to keep from happening, see also: forestall; avert; ward off) |
förebyggande ~t adjektiv | preemptiveadjective preventive(preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to) proactive(acting in advance) |
förebåda [~de ~t] verb | forebode [foreboded, foreboding, forebodes](to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)) harbinger [harbingered, harbingering, harbingers](to announce) prognosticate [prognosticated, prognosticating, prognosticates](betoken) |
föredetting [~en ~ar] substantiv {c} | has-been [has-beens](person declining in popularity or effectiveness) |
föredra [~drog, ~dragit, ~dragen ~draget ~dragna, pres. ~drar] verb | lecture [lectured, lecturing, lectures](to teach) prefer [preferred, preferring, prefers](to favor) |
föredrag [~et ~] substantiv {n} | delivery [deliveries](manner of speaking) elocution(The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.) presentation [presentations](something presented to an audience) |
föredraga verb | prefer [preferred, preferring, prefers](to favor) |
föredragande [~n ~, ~na] substantiv {c} | speaker [speakers](politics: the chair or presiding officer) |
föredragningslista [~n ~listor] substantiv {c} | agenda [agendas](list of matters to be taken up, see also: order of the day) |
föredöme [~t ~n] substantiv {c} | model [models](praiseworthy example) |
föredöme [~t ~n] substantiv {n} | example [examples](something serving as a pattern of behaviour) |
föredömlig [~t ~a] adjektiv | exemplary(of such high quality as to serve as an example, see also: ideal; perfect) model(worthy of being a model) |
förefalla [~föll, ~fallit, pres. ~faller] verb | seem [seemed, seeming, seems](to appear) |
förege [~gav, ~gett ~givit, ~given ~givet ~givna, pres. ~ger] verb | feign [feigned, feigning, feigns](to make a false show) |
föregående adjektiv | erstwhile(former, previous) foregoing(occurring before or in front of something else) |