foreseeing

foreseeing is the present participle and gerund of foresee.

Meaning of foresee

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
(obsolete) 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

foreseeing (plural foreseeings)

The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
- But at other times my magic is a true magic, and my looking runs very lightly over all the days which are to come before my client has quite done with earth's daylight; and at these times I must tell, will I or will I not, the truth about my foreseeings […]1932, James Branch Cabell, These Restless Heads

plural	foreseeings

From foresee + -ing.

From Middle English foreseing, forseying, equivalent to foresee + -ing.

What does foreseeing mean?: Foreseeing means the act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
What is foreseeing the present participle and gerund of?: Foreseeing is the present participle and gerund of foresee.
What part of speech is foreseeing?: Foreseeing is a noun.
What is the plural of foreseeing?: The plural of foreseeing is foreseeings.

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