foreseen
/fɔɹˈsiːn/
foreseen is the past participle of foresee.
Meaning of foresee
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
- 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
Adjective
foreseen (not comparable)
- Having been seen in advance.
Words formed from foreseen
Words that rhyme with foreseen
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about foreseen
- What does foreseen mean?
- Foreseen means having been seen in advance.
- What is foreseen the past participle of?
- Foreseen is the past participle of foresee.
- What part of speech is foreseen?
- Foreseen is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce foreseen?
- Foreseen is pronounced /fɔɹˈsiːn/.
Words near foreseen in the dictionary
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