foresee

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

• advance: Well that could not have been foreseen in advance.
• stage: That should be considered where losses are foreseen in the early stages.
• future: Indicate how you view the condition of the target marketplace at present and any changes you foresee in the near future.