foresee
pronunciation
How to pronounce foresee in British English:
UK [fɔːˈsiː]
How to pronounce foresee in American English:
US [fɔːrˈsiː]
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- Verb:
- realize beforehand
- picture to oneself; imagine possible
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Word Origin
- foresee (v.)
- Old English foreseon "have a premonition," from fore- "before" + seon "to see, see ahead" (see see (v.)). Perhaps modeled on Latin providere. Related: Foresaw; foreseeing; foreseen. Similar formation in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen.
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Example
- 1. Political pundits foresee the end of mr zardari 's presidency .
- 2. Since we can 't foresee the future , what answers does the past suggest ?
- 3. Others foresee conflict between arctic countries scrambling for the region 's resources .
- 4. But he didn 't foresee taxpayer bail-outs when making his case back then .
- 5. Did we 10 years ago foresee everything that happened with respect to derivatives ?