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foresee | foreseeable |

As a verb foresee

is to anticipate; to predict.

As an adjective foreseeable is

able to be foreseen or anticipated.

foresee

English

Verb

  • To anticipate; to predict.
  • * 1838 , Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter
    • "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxii. 3
    • A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
  • (obsolete) To provide.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.

    See also

    * forsee English irregular verbs

    foreseeable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • able to be foreseen or anticipated
    • This dictionary will be nowhere near complete in the foreseeable future.

    Derived terms

    * foreseeably * unforeseeable