foresee

[ fawr-see ]
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verb (used with object),fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing.
  1. to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.

  2. to see beforehand.

verb (used without object),fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing.
  1. to exercise foresight.

Origin of foresee

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English foresēon.See fore-, see1

synonym study For foresee

1. See predict.

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

British Dictionary definitions for foresee

foresee

/ (fɔːˈsiː) /


verb-sees, -seeing, -saw or -seen
  1. (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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