foresight
pronunciation
How to pronounce foresight in British English:
UK [ˈfɔːsaɪt]
How to pronounce foresight in American English:
US [ˈfɔːrsaɪt]
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- Noun:
- providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
- seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Word Origin
- foresight (n.)
- also fore-sight, early 14c., "insight obtained beforehand;" also "prudence," from fore- + sight (n.). Perhaps modeled on Latin providentia. Compare German Vorsicht "attention, caution, cautiousness."
Antonym
Example
- 1. But democratic pluralism does not guarantee foresight , either .
- 2. But hindsight is different from foresight .
- 3. You are likely to find that your foresight is not nearly as good as your hindsight .
- 4. No. 2 the future is not the past , and hindsight is not foresight .
- 5. Moreover , in a rare example of legislative foresight , politicians in many countries have anticipated the problem .