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foresee

English

Etymology

From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English fores?on; equivalent to fore- +? see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin pr?vide?.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /f???si/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /f???si?/
  • Rhymes: -i?

Verb

foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)

  1. To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.
    • 1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter:
      "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
  2. (obsolete) To provide.
    • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Vicissitude of Things
      Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.

Derived terms

  • foreseeable

Translations

See also

  • forsee
  • unforeseen

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foretold

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?f??.to?ld/, /fo??.to?ld/

Verb

foretold

  1. simple past tense and past participle of foretell

Translations

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