foresee
verb (used with object)
to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
have foreseen
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present perfectof foresee.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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 β 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 β Sep. 10, 2026
If only Freidenberg could have foreseen that, in a distant continent three-quarters of a century later, another literary scholar, like herself, would so ably bring these moving and brilliant notes to light.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 24, 2026
He could never have foreseen that a year and a half later, he’d be playing for a longtime Giants rival, already at the third stop of his young career.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 12, 2026
“Kronos is going to attack New York. You must suspect that. My mother must have foreseen it.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
