foresee
Syllables: fore·seeUK/fɔːˈsiː//fɔɹˈsi/
foresee verb: to perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
Verb
foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 22:3
- 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.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- To provide.
- Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
foresee meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
foresee in Tamil
- முன் காண், முன்னறி, முன்னுணர்
foresee in Urdu
- پا جانا, پیش بینی کرنا
foresee in Malayalam
- മുൻകൂട്ടി കാണുക
foresee in Kannada
- ಮುಂಗಾಣ್, ಮುಂಗಾಣು, ಮುಂಗಾಣಿಸು, ಮುಂದರಿ, ಮುಂದುಗಾಣ್, ಮುಂತುಗಾಣ್
More languagesFewer languages
- foresee in Sanskrit
- पश्यति páśyati
- foresee in Arabic
- تَوَقَّعَ tawaqqaʕa
- foresee in Indonesian
- memperkirakan
Examples of foresee in a sentence
- "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter:
- "If you foresee the event and you go forward, then you are criminally negligent," she said, adding, "This was a boat that navigated on the waters of Lake George since 1979.2007 February 6, Danny Hakim, quoting Kathleen B. Hogan, “Two Misdemeanor Charges in Lake George Capsizing”, in The New York Times, New...
Synonyms of foresee
Forms of foresee
| third-person singular present | foresees |
|---|---|
| present participle | foreseeing |
| past | foresaw |
| past participle | foreseen |
Origin of foresee
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).
Words formed from foresee
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Questions about foresee
- What does foresee mean?
- Foresee means to perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
- What is foresee in Tamil?
- Foresee in Tamil is முன் காண், முன்னறி, முன்னுணர். See Foresee meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use foresee in a sentence?
- "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
- What part of speech is foresee?
- Foresee is a verb.
- How do you pronounce foresee?
- Foresee is pronounced /fɔɹˈsi/ (US).
- What is the past tense of foresee?
- The past tense of foresee is foresaw.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foresee (page history and authors); foresee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foresee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foresee (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foresee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पश्यति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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