foresee (redirected from foresaw)

fore·see  (fôr-s, fr-)

tr.v. fore·saw (-sô), fore·seen (-sn), fore·see·ing, fore·sees

To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment.

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fore·seea·ble adj.

fore·seer n.

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foresee

Verb

[-seeing, -saw, -seen] to see or know beforehand

foreseeable adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	foresee - realize beforehand foreknow, previse, anticipate know - be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
	2.	foresee - picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" envision conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
	3.	foresee - act in advance of; deal with ahead of time anticipate, counter, forestall act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

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foresee

verb predict, forecast, anticipate, envisage, prophesy, foretell, forebode, vaticinate (rare) divine

Translations

foresee [pt foresaw, pp foreseen] [fɔːˈsiː, -ˈsɔː, -ˈsiːn] vt → prever

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foresee [foresaw , pt , foreseen , pp ] [fɔːˈsiː, -ˈsɔː, -ˈsiːn] vt → prévoir

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foresee [fɔːˈsiː] irreg like see) vt → vorhersehen

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foresee [pt foresaw, pp foreseen] [fɔːˈsiː, -ˈsɔː, -ˈsiːn] vt → prevedere

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foresee

v foresee [foːˈsiː]

to see or know about before or in advance He could foresee the difficulties. voorsien يَتَوَقَّع، يَرى مُسْبَقا، يُدْرِك الأمر قبل حُدوثِهِ предвиждам předvídat forudse voraussehen προβλέπω prever ette nägema پیش بینی کردن ennakoida prévoir לַחֲזוֹת מְרֹאש पूर्वानुमान लगाना predvidjeti előre lát meramalkan sjá eða vita fyrir prevedere 予見する 예견하다 numatyti paredzēt meramalkan voorzien forutse przewidzieć antever a prevedea предвидеть predvídať predvideti predvideti förutse รู้ล่วงหน้า ileriyi görmek 預見 передбачати پیش بینی کرنا nhìn thấy trước; đoán trước 预见

adj foreˈseeable

able to be foreseen in the foreseeable future (= soon; within a short space of time). voorsienbaar مُمْكِن التَّكَهُّن بِه أو رؤيَتَه предвидим dohledný forudsigelig absehbar προσεχής, αναμενόμενος, προβλέψιμος previsible ettenähtav, lähi- قابل پیش بینی ennakoitavissa oleva prévisible נִראָה לָעַיִן, צָפוּי पूर्वानुमान लगाने योग्य predvidiv; dogledan előrelátható bisa diramalkan fyrirsjáanlegur prevedibile 予見できる 예견할 수 있는, 가까운 numatomas, artimiausias tuvākajā nākotnē boleh diramalkan nabij overskuelig przewidywalny, najbliższy previsível apropiat предвидимый заранее dohľadný predvidljiv predvidiv förutsebar, överskådlig สามารถรู้เห็นเหตุการณ์ล่วงหน้า görülebilen 可預見到的 передбачуваний, прогнозований قابل قیاس thấy trước được; dự đoán được 可预见到的

n foresight [-sӕit]

the ability to see in advance what may happen and to plan for it She had the foresight to drive carefully in case the roads were icy. vooruitsig بَصيرَه، تَبَصُّر предвидливост prozíravost forudseenhed die Voraussicht προνοητικότητα previsión ettenägelikkus پیش بینی؛ احتیاط kaukokatseisuus prévoyance רְאִייַת הַנוֹלָד अग्रदृष्टि sposobnost predviđanja, dalekovidnost előrelátás kemampuan meramal fyrirhyggja, framsÿni preveggenza 先見の明 선견지명, 앞으로 일어날 수 있는 일에 대한 준비 įžvalgumas, apdairumas tālredzība kemampuan meramal voorzichtigheid framsyn, forutseenhet przezorność, zdolność przewidywania previdência prevedere предусмотрительность prezieravosť predvidevanje predviđanje förutseende, framsynthet การมองการณ์ไกล ileri görüş 先見之明 передбачення دور بینی sự thấy trước; sự lo xa 先见之明