foresight
noun
- a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
- (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.
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Contemporary Examples of foresight
What would McCain have done if he were president and had the foresight about the ISIS that he now claims?
Natural selection is a mechanical process with no foresight, which can only blindly favor short-term gain.
The Panglossian view of natural selection is an appealing idea to us as human beings, you argue, because brains have foresight.
He also had the foresight to butter Stewart up to fare-thee-well.
He had the foresight to reimagine the American department store.
Historical Examples of foresight
He knew that make of gun from toe to foresight; he could assemble it in the dark.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
The programme traced by his minute foresight was carried out.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
What we usually call luck is the result of foresight, skill and courage.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
The execution of this grand design was a master-work of foresight and prudence.
Roman Catholicism in SpainAnonymous
Cold reason, foresight and calculation were the ministers of his indomitable will.
The Life of Cesare BorgiaRaphael Sabatini