foresight

[ fawr-sahyt, fohr- ]
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noun
  1. care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.

  2. the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.

  1. an act of looking forward.

  2. knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.

  3. Surveying.

    • 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.

Origin of foresight

1
First recorded in 1250–1300, foresight is from the Middle English word forsight.See fore-, sight

synonym study For foresight

1. See prudence.

Other words for foresight

Other words from foresight

  • foresighted, adjective
  • fore·sight·ed·ly, adverb
  • fore·sight·ed·ness, noun
  • foresightful, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for foresight

foresight

/ (ˈfɔːˌsaɪt) /


noun
  1. provision for or insight into future problems, needs, etc

  2. the act or ability of foreseeing

  1. the act of looking forward

  2. surveying a reading taken looking forwards to a new station, esp in levelling from a point of known elevation to a point the elevation of which is to be determined: Compare backsight

  3. the front sight on a firearm

Derived forms of foresight

  • foresighted, adjective
  • foresightedly, adverb
  • foresightedness, noun

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