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forseen

forseen is the past participle of forsee.

Meaning of forsee

Verb

forsee (third-person singular simple present forsees, present participle forseeing, simple past forsaw, past participle forseen)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
    • Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?1882, Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To oversee; superintend; direct.

Questions about forseen

What is forseen the past participle of?
Forseen is the past participle of forsee.

Words near forseen in the dictionary

  1. forseeable
  2. forseeing
  3. forseek
  4. forseeking
  5. forseeks
  6. forseen
  7. forsees
  8. Forsell
  9. Forsells
  10. Forsen
  11. forsench

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forseen (page history and authors); forsee (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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