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pre-see

pre-see verb: to foresee.

Verb

pre-see (third-person singular simple present pre-sees, present participle pre-seeing, simple past pre-saw, past participle pre-seen)

  1. (rare, transitive) To foresee.
    • Or again, that man had once the faculty for pre-seeing the future, as he now has for remembering the past, but has lost it in great measure, on account of its biological undesirability?1938, K. W. Wild, Intuition

Forms of pre-see

third-person singular presentpre-sees
present participlepre-seeing
pastpre-saw
past participlepre-seen

Origin of pre-see

From pre- + see.

Questions about pre-see

What does pre-see mean?
Pre-see means to foresee.
What part of speech is pre-see?
Pre-see is a verb.
What is the past tense of pre-see?
The past tense of pre-see is pre-saw.

Words near pre-see in the dictionary

  1. pre-salt layer
  2. Pre-Samnite
  3. pre-saw
  4. pre-school
  5. pre-scrutiny
  6. pre-see
  7. pre-seeing
  8. pre-seen
  9. pre-sees
  10. pre-sequel
  11. pre-sequels

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