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- Dictionaryforay/ˈfɒreɪ/
noun
- 1. a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid: "the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp"
verb
- 1. make or go on a foray: "the place into which they were forbidden to foray"
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a brief attempt at or involvement in an activity outside a person’s or organization’s usual range of activities: The opera company has made curious forays into contemporary music in recent seasons. A foray is also a sudden and quick attack by a group of soldiers on an enemy area.
1. : a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid. a foray into enemy territory. attempted sneak and surprise forays D. D. Eisenhower. 2. : an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity. the novelist's foray into nonfiction.
a short involvement in an activity, an area, or a market that is different from a person or company's usual one: a foray into sth This is the company's first foray into the US market. The supermarket has made a foray into the financial services market. a brief / disastrous / successful foray.
Foray means brief excursion. If you're in the army, that's a literal excursion into enemy territory. For the rest of us, it means trying something out. "My foray into rugby ended with my spending a week in the hospital."
noun. a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port. Synonyms: sortie, incursion, invasion, assault, attack. a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls. an initial venture: a successful foray into politics.
foray. (fɒreɪ , US fɔːreɪ ) Word forms: plural forays. 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] If you make a foray into a new or unfamiliar type of activity, you start to become involved in it. The fashion house has made a discreet foray into furnishings. [ + into] ...her first forays into politics. [ + into]
Definition of foray noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
