foresee

To foresee is defined as to anticipate something, predict something or realize something before it occurs.

(verb)

When you have a strong feeling that your team is going to win a game, this is an example of a time when you foresee victory.

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See foresee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing

to see beforehand; know beforehand; foreknow

Origin: ME forseyn < OE foreseon

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See foresee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb fore·saw (-sôˈ), fore·seen (-sēnˈ), fore·see·ing, fore·sees
To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment.

Related Forms:

  • fore·seeˈa·ble adjective
  • fore·seˈer noun

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