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foresees

foresees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresee.

Meaning of foresee

Verb

foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)

  1. 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
  2. (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

Questions about foresees

What is foresees the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foresees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresee.

Words near foresees in the dictionary

  1. foreseek
  2. foreseeking
  3. foreseen
  4. foreseer
  5. foreseers
  6. foresees
  7. foreseest
  8. foreseeth
  9. foreseize
  10. foreseized
  11. foreseizing

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