different between eyesight vs foresight
eyesight
English
Etymology
From Middle English ei?esiht, ie?esihte, ehsihthe, eihsihthe, e?hesihthe, equivalent to eye +? sight.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?a??sa?t/
Noun
eyesight (usually uncountable, plural eyesights)
- Vision or the faculty of sight.
- View or the range of vision.
Translations
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foresight
English
Etymology
From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte, equivalent to fore- +? sight. Compare Scots foresicht (“foresight”), Saterland Frisian Foarsicht (“caution”), West Frisian foarútsjoch (“foresight”), Dutch voorzicht (“foresight”), German Vorsicht (“caution; care; attention”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??sa?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??sa?t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?fo(?)?sa?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?fo?sa?t/
- Homophone: Forsythe (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
- Hyphenation: fore?sight
Noun
foresight (countable and uncountable, plural foresights)
- The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
- (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Synonyms
- (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future): prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy
Antonyms
- hindsight
Derived terms
- foresightly
- foresighty
Related terms
- foresee
- backsight
Translations
Anagrams
- gift horse, gift-horse
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