foresee
foresee
Definition
fore·see (fôr sē′)
transitive verb -·saw′, -·seen′, -·see′·ing
to see beforehand; know beforehand; foreknow
Etymology: ME forseyn < OE foreseon
fore·see′·able adjective
fore·se′er noun
foresee
Synonyms
foresee
Usage Examples
Preposition: for
- year: Of the 215 openings foreseen for the whole year, 135 will be outside Spain.
Object
- eventuality: There is a need to foresee eventualities and likely outcomes, and to be ready for them.
- consequence: One of the traits which makes humans unique is our ability to foresee future consequences of our actions.
- danger: He foresaw the danger of nationalist or ethnic quarrels among successor states of the former Soviet empire.
- difficulty: I can foresee some difficulty in fitting in the minimum number of sittings over the next six months, what shall I do?
- disaster: One day before the entire headquarters was arrested, more and more alarming decisions permitted us to foresee certain disaster.
Used with why or when
- when: We are also able to help overseas students if they have financial difficulties not foreseen when they accepted their place in the College.
- what: Then in 1947 I could not foresee what an evil woman she was to become in her later years.
- which: Stephen O'Brien, on the other hand, emphasized the difficulty of foreseeing which skills will be most needed in five years time.
- where: And no one could foresee where and what his occasions would be.
Modifying Another Word
- reasonably: You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbor.
- clearly: But no one can foresee clearly what will occur once a war starts.
- easily: I could easily foresee the sort of problems which have come to fruition.
- not: Then in 1947 I could not foresee what an evil woman she was to become in her later years.
- never: I am sure the Green Line depicted in the latest book on the subject never foresaw such a bus working the services.
- even: Which is the issue that has rocketed up the agenda of most political leaders in a way barely foreseen even 3 years back?
Preposition: in
Browse dictionary entries near foresee
- foresail
- foresaid
- forerunner
- forerun
- forereach
- forequarter
- foreplay
- foreperson
- forepeak
- forepaw
- foreseeability
- foreseeable
- foreseen
- foreshadow
- foreshank
- foresheet
- foreshock
- foreshore
- foreshorten
- foreshow
