foresight
Syllables: fore·sightUK/ˈfɔːsaɪt//ˈfɔɹsaɪt/
foresight noun: the ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Noun
foresight (countable and uncountable, plural foresights)
- The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- Near-synonym: forethought
- Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
- Synonyms:
- prescience, forethought
- Antonyms:
- hindsight
- The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
- Synonyms:
- foreknowledge, clairvoyance, precognition, prescience, divination, prophecy, psychicness
- The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
- Holonym: iron sights
- A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.
foresight meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
foresight in Hindi
- foresight, prescience
- दूरदर्शिता dūrdarśitā
- foresight
- दिव्यदृष्टि divyadŕṣṭi
foresight in Tamil
- முன் காண்திறன், முன் நோக்கு, முன்னறி திறன், முன்னறிவு, முன்யோசனை
foresight in Urdu
- حفظ ماتقدم, پیش بینی, پیش نظری
foresight in Bengali
- দূরদর্শিতা
More languagesFewer languages
- foresight in Telugu
- దూరదృష్టి dūradr̥ṣṭi
- foresight in Malayalam
- ഭാവിയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള കാഴ്ചപ്പാട്, ദീർഘദൃഷ്ടി, ദൂരദർശിത്വം, മുന്നാലോചന
- foresight in Kannada
- ಮುನ್ನೆಣಿಕೆ, ಮುನ್ನರಿವು, ದೂರದೃಷ್ಟಿ, ಮುಂದಾಲೋಚನೆ
- foresight in Gujarati
- દૂરદર્શન dūrdarśan
- foresight in Odia
- ଦୂରଦର୍ଶିତା
- foresight in Sanskrit
- दूरदर्शन dūradárśana
Examples of foresight in a sentence
- The rugged forhead that with graue foreſight / Welds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC...
- No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: […]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London...
Synonyms of foresight
Antonyms
Forms of foresight
| plural | foresights |
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Origin of foresight
From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).
Words formed from foresight
Questions about foresight
- What does foresight mean?
- Foresight means the ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- What is foresight in Hindi?
- Foresight in Hindi is दूरदर्शिता (dūrdarśitā), दिव्यदृष्टि (divyadŕṣṭi). See Foresight meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use foresight in a sentence?
- The rugged forhead that with graue foreſight / Welds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […]
- What part of speech is foresight?
- Foresight is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foresight?
- Foresight is pronounced /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/ (US).
- What is the plural of foresight?
- The plural of foresight is foresights.
Words near foresight in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foresight (page history and authors); दिव्यदृष्टि (Hindi) (page history and authors); foresight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foresight (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foresight (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); దూరదృష్టి (Telugu) (page history and authors); foresight (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foresight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દૂરદર્શન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); foresight (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दूरदर्शन (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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