foresee
to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
to see beforehand.
Origin of foresee
1synonym study For foresee
Other words for foresee
Other words from foresee
- fore·see·a·ble, adjective
- fore·se·er, noun
- un·fore·see·ing, adjective
- un·fore·seen, adjective
- well-fore·seen, adjective
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How to use foresee in a sentence
Would require documentation, assessment, and attempts to address foreseen impacts.
Congress wants answers from Google about Timnit Gebru’s firing | Karen Hao | December 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewNortham doesn’t foresee a problem getting the budget finished, said Clark Mercer, his chief of staff.
Gov. Northam unveils Virginia budget plan with big spending on coronavirus as economy improves | Gregory S. Schneider | December 16, 2020 | Washington PostNo business strategist could have foreseen that the world would have been thrown into the economic and social crisis wreaked by a fast-moving pandemic, even in Europe, where covid-19’s spread began to take its toll nearly a year ago.
Digital acceleration in the time of coronavirus: Europe | Martha Leibs | December 15, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe city’s independent budget analyst noted in a February memo that, like other troubled city acquisitions, issues surfaced that “were not foreseen by staff or presented for consideration” when the City Council approved the lease.
Real Estate Debacles Loomed Large on Faulconer’s Watch | Lisa Halverstadt | December 10, 2020 | Voice of San Diego“Once something has happened, it has been foreseen,” says Smith.
Who’s liable when a self-driving car collides with another vehicle? | dzanemorris | November 21, 2020 | Fortune
So he really foresaw you getting tons of attention for hosting?
John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Turning Down CBS, and ‘Nauseating’ American Politics | Marlow Stern | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven then, Allen foresaw a day in which the likes of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Anthony Davis would dominate.
Hoffer foresaw that the New Class would try to govern the working people much as colonial officials governed the natives.
The Revolt Against the Masses and the Roots of Modern Liberalism | Fred Siegel | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe sympathized with their difficulties, took pride in their triumphs, and foresaw with absolute confidence their ultimate success.
But the plan also foresaw the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and further tax reforms.
Still, the Prince foresaw the future, and appealed to the Emperor himself, but the Emperor was obdurate.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBut while everything seemed so favourable the crafty Gascon from the first foresaw the dangers which beset his path.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBonaparte already foresaw the day when France should lie at his feet; he instinctively divined in Bernadotte a possible rival.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAristide lived on bread and cheese, and foresaw the time when cheese would be a sinful luxury.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke"I think you are right, Dorothy," said Mrs. Barford, who foresaw that there would be no peace with Letty if she remained.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
British Dictionary definitions for foresee
/ (fɔːˈsiː) /
(tr; may take a clause as object) to see or know beforehand: he did not foresee that
Derived forms of foresee
- foreseeable, adjective
- foreseer, noun
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