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How to use foresight in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Foresight means the ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future. Example: “Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.”

Examples of foresight by meaning

nounThe ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

  • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
  • The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68

More sentences with foresight

  • Routinely the station warns: seek shelter, stay off the road, its voice a modern stand-in for native foresight.2024 October 4, C.H. Connors, The New Estate, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry Wreckhouse
  • I'm so swole with my own foresight that it takes me a minute to realize that C's gone.2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows: An Elegy, London; New York, N.Y.: Hogarth, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry swole
  • The first is to reproduce with foresight.2004, Paul R. Fleischman, “Introduction to the Second Edition”, in Cultivating Inner Peace: Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom, and Poetry…. From the entry decabillion
  • Fürst missed the commercial foresight to paint more of it and less of the dazzling sheen of waves.2003, Giovanni Bonello, Histories of Malta, volumes 4 (Convictions and Conjectures), Valletta, Malta: Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, →ISBN…. From the entry karozzin
  • Hindsight is more easily acquired than foresight.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133. From the entry hindsight
  • Toyota used to be a company with foresight, always ready to take action, but now they have fallen very far behind the curve.2010 February 4, Alan Ohnsman with Yuki Hagiwara, “Toyota Plans Media Blitz as Stock Loses $21 Billion”, in BusinessWeek. From the entry behind the curve
  • If team work and foresight are national characteristics of Canadians, they will be invaluable in our pursuit of victory at the global arena.1991, David W. Conklin, Lucie Deschênes, Canada's Information Revolution, page 45. From the entry where the puck is heading
  • The Scots have had the foresight to install passive provision for electrification, having plans in existence and by pre-installing piles for OLE (overhead line equipment) mast bases.2024 November 27, Paul Bigland, “Around the UK on nearly 80 trains...”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 48. From the entry preinstall
  • Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3. From the entry slow motion
  • Contrary to accepted wisdom, the qualities usually thought of as entrepreneurial - risk-taking, breakthrough creativity, foresight, grand ambition, power and administrative abilities - are all secondary.1999 December 19, Simon Caulkin, The Observer. From the entry overboldness

Meaning of foresight

  1. noun The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
  2. noun The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
  3. noun The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).

Full definition of foresight

Questions about foresight in a sentence

How do you use foresight in a sentence?
Foresight is used as a noun. For example: “Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.”
What is a short sentence with foresight?
“Hindsight is more easily acquired than 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.

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