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foreclose

/fɔːkˈləʊz/fawr-KLOHZ
/fɔɹkˈloʊz/fawr-KLOHZ

Meaningoutside

Common meaning: take back mortgaged property

Journey through time

  1. Latinforis‘outside’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsoutside → to shut outforclorre‘to shut out’source
  3. Old Frenchforclossource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto shut out → take back mortgaged propertyforeclose‘take back mortgaged property’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin foris ‘outside’.

Roots

  • foris Latin “outside”

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