What does foresee mean?
Definitions for foresee
fɔrˈsi, foʊr-fore·see
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word foresee.
Princeton's WordNet
anticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb
realize beforehand
envision, foreseeverb
picture to oneself; imagine possible
"I cannot envision him as President"
anticipate, foresee, forestall, counterverb
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Wiktionary
foreseeverb
To anticipate; to predict.
"I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession." The Lamplighter - Charles Dickens, 1838
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Foreseeverb
To see beforehand; to see what has not yet happened; to have prescience; to foreknow.
Etymology: fore and see.
With Cupid she foresees and goes god Vulcan’s pace. Philip Sidney.
The first of them could things to come foresee;
The next, could of things present best advise;
The third, things past could keep in memory. Fairy Queen.If there be any thing foreseen that is not usual, be armed for it by any hearty though a short prayer, and an earnest resolution beforehand, and then watch when it comes. Taylor.
At his foreseen approach, already quake
The Caspian kingdoms and Meotian lake:
Their seers behold the tempest from afar,
And threat’ning oracles denounce the war. John Dryden, Æn.
ChatGPT
foresee
Foresee is to predict, anticipate or see something happening in advance. It often refers to having knowledge or awareness about a future event or situation before it actually happens, usually based on current information, intuition or insights.
Webster Dictionary
Foreseeverb
to see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow
Foreseeverb
to provide
Foreseeverb
to have or exercise foresight
Etymology: [AS. foresen; fore + sen to see. See See, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Foresee
fōr-sē′, v.t. or v.i. to see or know beforehand.—p.adj. Foresee′ing.—adv. Foresee′ingly.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FORESEE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Foresee is ranked #114424 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Foresee surname appeared 153 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Foresee.
88.8% or 136 total occurrences were White.
4.5% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of foresee in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of foresee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of foresee in a Sentence
Ours is a very old bank and the relationships are long standing, so I don't foresee our relationships would be discontinued. I guess there were questions that we answered.
In fact, we do not foresee any reasonable scenario in which it would last for an extended period of time.
The relationships continue, ours is a very old bank and the relationships are long standing, so I don't foresee our relationships would be discontinued. I guess there were questions that we answered.
We don’t currently foresee any increase in insurance costs as a result of the ruling and would be surprised to see operators being penalized by the insurance market for trading in this area.
In these circumstances, the accused must have foreseen and, therefore, did foresee that whoever was behind the toilet door might die but reconciled himself to that even occurring and gambled with that person's life, the identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt.
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- توقعArabic
- предвиждам, предугаждамBulgarian
- pronosticarCatalan, Valencian
- předvídatCzech
- forudseDanish
- vorhersehen, voraussehenGerman
- antaŭvidiEsperanto
- pronosticar, preverSpanish
- ennalta, ennustaa, aavistaaFinnish
- prévoir, anticiperFrench
- לצפותHebrew
- kiraIndonesian
- sjá fyrirIcelandic
- prevedereItalian
- 見越す, 予知, 予見, 予測Japanese
- divinōLatin
- предвидуваMacedonian
- voorzienDutch
- forutseNorwegian
- przewidywaćPolish
- prever, prognosticarPortuguese
- предвосхитить, предвидеть, предсказать, предусматривать, предусмотреть, предвосхищать, предсказыватьRussian
- PredvídaťSlovak
- förutseSwedish
- büologönVolapük
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