foresee
verb (used with object)
to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
foreseen
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past participleof foresee.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Example Sentences
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“The report card is pretty unimpressive. We all could have foreseen that this wasn’t going to go great.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
But Sanchez on Wednesday said on X that with the information available "no one could have foreseen the migration crisis that unfolded".
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
He said he had not foreseen a time when he would be monitoring so many sites and "certainly not having 16 choughlets fledge".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
To a degree that even critics could not have foreseen a year ago, the United States struts and frets on the world stage alone.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I had not foreseen this,” Gwydion murmured, when Taran had finished.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
