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foresee

[fawr-see]

verb (used with object)

foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing. 
  1. to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. to see beforehand.



verb (used without object)

foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing. 
  1. to exercise foresight.

foresee

/ “ŚÉ”ĖĖˆ²õ¾±Ė /

verb

  1. (tr; may take a clause as object) to see or know beforehand

    he did not foresee that

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • foreseeable adjective
  • foreseer noun
  • unforeseeing adjective
  • unforeseen adjective
  • well-foreseen adjective
  • “ړǰł±šĖˆ²õ±š±š²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
  • “ړǰł±šĖˆ²õ±š±š°ł noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of foresee1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English “ړǰł±š²õŧ“DzŌ. See fore-, see 1
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Synonym Study

See predict.
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Example Sentences

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Hamas's military preparations took years - including extensive tunnel construction and the steady accumulation of rockets and weapons - but few analysts, regional actors, or even rival Palestinian factions foresaw the magnitude of the offensive.

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Speaking to The Guardian in 2024, Jonathan Birch, a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, explained how he foresees major societal splits over the issue.

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Natalie Paterson, representing Baird, told the court that it had been a moment of panic, and she had not foreseen the "terrible consequences" of her actions, which she fully regretted.

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Mr Drew argued that comments made by senior politicians in the late 1960s about intended improvements to military pay meant that possible differences in pensions should have been foreseen.

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Druckmann probably didn’t foresee a push to reconsider this human virtue as a poison in 2013, when the original game was released.

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When To Use

What does foresee mean?

To foresee is to know in advance, as in With all the rain we’ve been having, it was easy to foresee that the river would overflow its banks.Foresee is different from predict or forecast because to foresee is to know, while to predict or forecast is to guess or calculate rather than to know. Sometimes, though, foresee is used as a synonym for predict to exaggerate one’s confidence in a prediction.Example: I can foresee where this is going and I want no part of it.

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