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Foreseen vs Foresight - What's the difference?

foreseen | foresight |

As a verb foreseen

is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun foresight is

the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

foreseen

English

Verb

(head)
  • foresight

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
  • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
  • 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

    * (l) * (l)