Foresee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɔɹˈsi/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Foresee is a verb meaning To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
Meaning
To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To provide.
Example Sentences
"I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.
Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.
Word Forms
- foresees
- foreseeing
- foresaw
- foreseen
Synonyms for foresee
Depending on context, synonyms include anticipate, predict, think, forestall, envision, foreknow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreknow, anticipate, envision, counter, forestall, foretell.
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