foresee

[ fawr-see, fohr- ]

/ fɔrˈsi, foʊr- /

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verb (used with object), fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing.

to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.

to see beforehand.

verb (used without object), fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing.

to exercise foresight.

Words nearby foresee

forerun, forerunner, foresaddle, foresaid, foresail, foresee, foreshadow, foreshank, foresheet, foreshock, foreshore

Origin of foresee

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

SYNONYMS FOR foresee

1 divine, discern. See predict.

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OTHER WORDS FROM foresee

fore·see·a·ble, adjectivefore·see·a·bil·i·ty, nounfore·se·er, nounun·fore·see·a·ble, adjective

un·fore·see·a·ble·ness, nounun·fore·see·a·bly, adverbun·fore·see·ing, adjectiveun·fore·seen, adjectivewell-fore·seen, adjective

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He sympathized with their difficulties, took pride in their triumphs, and foresaw with absolute confidence their ultimate success.
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On Election Day itself, he gave the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal a quote indicating he foresaw the possibility of defeat.
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I was afterwards to understand how serious a danger he then foresaw and thus predicted.
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Concha foresaw that she was going to know the truth; a cruel truth with all the crudeness of a discovery in broad daylight.
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Worse yet, it foresaw, we were now going to crown our outrages.
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If he called the State the enemy of the individual, it was because he foresaw the day when the State might absorb the man.
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I foresaw that it would be easy for me to review them from the acquaintance I already had with their contents.
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British Dictionary definitions for foresaw

foresee

/ (fɔːˈsiː) /

verb -sees, -seeing, -saw or -seen

(tr; may take a clause as object) to see or know beforehandhe did not foresee that

Derived forms of foresee

foreseeable, adjectiveforeseer, noun

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foresee

verb (used with object), fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing.

verb (used without object), fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing.

Words related to foresee

Words nearby foresee

Origin of foresee

SYNONYMS FOR foresee

OTHER WORDS FROM foresee

Examples from the Web for foresaw

British Dictionary definitions for foresaw

verb -sees, -seeing, -saw or -seen

Derived forms of foresee