Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To see beforehand; discern before it exists or happens; have prescience of; foreknow.
- To exercise foresight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To have or exercise foresight.
- transitive verb To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
- transitive verb obsolete To provide.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
anticipate ; topredict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
- verb realize beforehand
- verb picture to oneself; imagine possible
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Examples
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Another problem I foresee is that a user will have to click hundreds of times just to get their top 20 list into a vaguely acceptable state.
FlickChart Makes Movie Ranking Fun | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Your eyes do not deceive we - the Houston area's got the plain foresee for sleet today.
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Your eyes do not deceive we - the Houston area's got the plain foresee for sleet today.
Snowy open comments and a Geek Gathering | TechBlog | Chron.com ... admin 2009
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The only problem I can foresee is an administrative bottleneck while the various states 'Secretary of State offices try to cope with a sudden influx of ID requests.
Blitzer: Court ruling could have huge impact at the polls 2008
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I can see (as in foresee, not agree) someone in dire straits noticing deer travelling through their yard at night and bushwacking one for meat.
"Biggest Bird Poacher" Caught In California Dave Hurteau 2008
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The problem I foresee is law enforcement being asked to enforce local bylaws. on November 13, 2007 at 9: 14 pm | Reply Bob
You and who’s army? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Another potential downside I foresee is dishonesty amongst members.
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Another potential downside I foresee is dishonesty amongst members.
April 2006 2006
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The Soviets were put down, but the only solution Col. Clyde Manning can foresee is a form of “Pax Americana,” which must be headed by Manning, as the President is to short sighted to do what is necessary.
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What I foresee is that if you accept that area which stretches from the eastern part of Ontario to the region of Moncton, embracing of course all of the Province of Quebec, if you accept this area all the other regions of Canada are destined by all accounts to be English.
The Price of Unity 1973
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