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What does foresee mean?
To foresee is to know in advance, as in With all the rain we’ve been having, it was easy to foresee that the river would overflow its banks.
Foresee is different from predict or forecast because to foresee is to know, while to predict or forecast is to guess or calculate rather than to know. Sometimes, though, foresee is used as a synonym for predict to exaggerate one’s confidence in a prediction.
Example: I can foresee where this is going and I want no part of it.
Where does foresee come from?
The first records of the term foresee come from before the 900s. It ultimately comes from the Old English foresēon.
Foresight is commonly used as a synonym for care or understanding to imply that someone knows the best course of action to follow in a certain situation. Someone that foresees something has this care for, or understanding of, what is to come and can plan accordingly for it.
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What are some other forms related to foresee?
- foreseeable (adjective)
- foreseeability (noun)
- foreseer (noun)
- unforeseeable (adjective)
- unforeseen (adjective)
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How is foresee used in real life?
People often claim to have foreseen something after it happens.
Professional wrestling is at its very best when you cannot foresee the outcome of a story.
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) January 12, 2020
I’ll admit I didn’t foresee George Miller becoming one of our best living documentary makers.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) March 21, 2020
There's a future in my life I can't foresee, unless of course I stay on course and keep you next to me
— Jake Miller (@jakemiller) November 7, 2014
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Is foresee used correctly in the following sentence?
Amita didn’t know she would be promoted because she foresaw it.