foresee
1foresee — foresee, foreknow, divine, apprehend, anticipate can mean to know or expect that something will happen or come into existence in advance of its occurrence or advent or to have knowledge that something exists before it is manifested or expressed.… …
2foresee — fore·see vt fore·saw, fore·seen, fore·see·ing: to be aware of the reasonable possibility of (as an occurrence or development) beforehand Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. foresee …
3Foresee — Fore*see , v. t. [AS. forese[ o]n; fore + se[ o]n to see. See {See}, v. t.] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. [1913 Webster] A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide. [Obs.] [1913… …
4Foresee — Fore*see , v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
5foresee — (v.) O.E. foreseon have a premonition, from FORE (Cf. fore ) before + seon to see, see ahead (see SEE (Cf. see) (v.)). Related: Foresaw; foreseeing; foreseen …
6foresee — [v] anticipate, predict apprehend, call the turn*, crystal ball it*, discern, divine, dope out*, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, forefeel, foreknow, foretell, have a hunch*, perceive, preknow, presage, previse, prevision,… …
7foresee — ► VERB (foresees, foreseeing; past foresaw; past part. foreseen) ▪ be aware of beforehand; predict. DERIVATIVES foreseeable adjective foreseeably adverb foreseer noun …
8foresee — [fôr sē′] vt. foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing [ME forseyn < OE foreseon] to see beforehand; know beforehand; foreknow foreseeable adj. foreseer n …
9foresee — 01. We do not [foresee] any problems; everything seems to be going very well. 02. The fire could have been [foreseen] with all this dry weather we ve been having. 03. When his Auntie Mimi threw away his poems, she never [foresaw] that one day… …
10foresee — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly ▪ reasonably (esp. BrE) ▪ He could not reasonably have foreseen the consequences. VERB + FORESEE ▪ can ▪ …
