Foresee
To anticipate or predict something before it happens; to have awareness of future events.
verbForesee
To anticipate or predict something before it happens; to have awareness of future events.
verbImagine This
Imagine a chess grandmaster who can glimpse several moves ahead, predicting every countermove and planning a win before a single piece is moved.
Sounds Like
for-SEE
Looks Like
fore + see; visually suggests seeing before.
Remember This
Foresee is built from fore- meaning before and see; related forms include foreseeability (noun) and foreseeable (adjective).
Other Forms
Connect With
anticipate, predict, forecast, envisage, presage, foretell
Note
Use foresee to describe predicting future events. The past tense is foresaw; present participle foreseeing; third-person singular foresees. The noun form is foreseeability and the adjective is foreseeable. Foreseeable describes something that can be foreseen, not the act of foreseeing.
Study Deeper
- The meteorologist can foresee rain by studying cloud patterns.
- Investors foresaw a market rebound after the temporary slump.
From Old English fore- meaning 'before' + sΔon meaning 'to see'.
FORESEE: See before it happens. Remember the 'fore-' cue: when you need to understand future events, you fore-see them.
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