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1. (n.) foresight
care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
2. foresight
the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
3. foresight
an act of looking forward.
4. foresight
knowledge or insight of the future.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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1. (noun) foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness
providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
2. (noun) prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
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1. (noun) foresight
the act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge
2. (noun) foresight
action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought
3. (noun) foresight
any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction
4. (noun) foresight
muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a
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Sense: the ability to see in advance what may happen and to plan for it
She had the foresight to drive carefully in case the roads were icy.
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 Afrikaans: vooruitsig |
 Arabic: بَصيرَه، تَبَصُّر |
 Bulgarian: предвидливост |
 Brazilian: previdência |
 Czech: prozíravost |
 German: die Voraussicht |
 Danish: forudseenhed |
 Greek: προνοητικότητα |
 Spanish: previsión |
 Estonian: ettenägelikkus |
 Farsi: پیش بینی؛ احتیاط |
 Finnish: kaukokatseisuus |
 French: prévoyance |
 Hebrew: רְאִייַת הַנוֹלָד |
 Hindi: अग्रदृष्टि |
 Croatian: sposobnost predviđanja, d |
 Hungarian: előrelátás |
 Indonesian: kemampuan meramal |
 Icelandic: fyrirhyggja, framsÿni |
 Italian: preveggenza |
 Japanese: 先見の明 |
 Korean: 통찰력, 선견지명 |
 Lithuanian: įžvalgumas, apdairumas |
 Latvian: tālredzība |
 Malay: kemampuan meramal |
 Dutch: voorzichtigheid |
 Norwegian: framsyn, forutseenhet |
 Polish: przezorność, zdolność prz |
 Persian: پیش بینی؛ احتیاط |
 Pashto: پيش بينى |
 Portuguese: previdência |
 Romanian: prevedere |
 Russian: предусмотрительность |
 Slovak: prezieravosť |
 Slovenian: predvidevanje |
 Serbian: predviđanje |
 Swedish: förutseende, framsynthet |
 Thai: การมองการณ์ไกล |
 Turkish: ileri görüş |
 Taiwanese: 先見之明 |
 Ukrainian: передбачення |
 Urdu: دور بینی |
 Vietnamese: sự thấy trước; sự lo xa |
 Chinese: 先见之明 |
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