foresee
verbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//fɔːˈsiː//
- United Kingdom//fəˈsiː//
- United States//fɔɹˈsi//
- United States//fɚˈsi//
To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
verb
- 1
To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.
Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.
"I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
One might imagine that the directors foresaw the somewhat uninspiring appearance of the future Manchester stations, and decided to start as it was intended to go on.
- 2
obsoleteTo provide.
Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
Etymology
From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).
Forms
- past tense
- foresaw
- past participle
- foreseen
- present participle
- foreseeing
- third person singular
- foresees
foresee · To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
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