Matching Pairs Unit 3: Before and AfterOnline version Prefixes & Suffixes by Donna Hall 1 precaution 2 forecast 3 premature 4 antecedent 5 postpone 6 posterior 7 preempt 8 posterity 9 antebellum 10 foresight the ability to see what will or might happen in the future happening too soon or earlier than usual take action in order to prevent possible harm or trouble from happening in the future something that is done to prevent possible harm or trouble from happening in the future to say that something will happen in the future; to predict something, such as the weather near or toward the back of something, the back side occuring in the southern U.S. during the time before the American Civil War all future generations of people a thing or event that existed before or logically occurs before another cause or arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled