Definitions for foresee
fɔrˈsi, foʊr-fore·see

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb

   realize beforehand

2. envision, foreseeverb

   picture to oneself; imagine possible

   "I cannot envision him as President"

3. anticipate, foresee, forestall, counterverb

   act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foreseeverb

   to see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow

2. Foreseeverb

   to provide

3. Foreseeverb

   to have or exercise foresight

4. Etymology: [AS. foresen; fore + sen to see. See See, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foresee

   fōr-sē′, v.t. or v.i. to see or know beforehand.—p.adj. Foresee′ing.—adv. Foresee′ingly.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Imagine
   • Know

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How to pronounce foresee?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say foresee in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foresee in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foresee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of foresee in a Sentence

1. Kevin Michaels:

   We foresee reduction in maintenance, repair and overhaul demand of 60% or more for commercial aero engines (in 2020). And production will fall 40-50%, we will have an overhang of thousands and thousands of aircraft more than we require for years. To balance that out, you are going to have to retire thousands of aircraft.

2. Dame Rebecca West:

   Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized by a madness which forces them to commit the very acts which made it certain that what they dread shall happen.

3. President Barack Obama:

   I don't foresee any legislative action being taken in this Congress. And I don't foresee any real action being taken until the American public feels a sufficient sense of urgency and they say to themselves, 'This is not normal, this is something that we can change, and we're going to change it,'.

4. Judge Leach:

   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.

5. Ahmed Yehia:

   We will continue to rethink many of our recipes in Singapore to reduce sugar, because while sugar in moderation is fine, we agree that too much of it is not good for anyone, we foresee minimal impact on our portfolio from this announcement.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foresee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foresee
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foresee
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foresee
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=foresee
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=foresee