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.

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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

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. Henry Ford, 1934:

   I foresee the time when industry shall no longer denude the forests which require generations to mature, nor use up the mines which were ages in the making, but shall draw its materials largely from the annual produce of the fields.

2. Avril Haines:

   We do not foresee the Russian military recovering enough this year to make major territorial gains, but Putin most likely calculates the time works in his favor, and that prolonging the war, including with potential pauses in the fighting, may be his best remaining pathway to eventually securing Russia’s strategic interests in Ukraine, even if it takes years.

3. Mitt Romney:

   There are no circumstances I can foresee where that would possibly happen.

4. Brunswick Mayor Cosby Johnson:

   Because we did not know the extent to which we could contain this fire and we could not foresee where the wind would be moving, we thought it would be best for us to talk to our entire city, and not just one singular piece of it.

5. Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri:

   We know that in these kind of transactions there could be situations which are difficult to foresee beforehand... so we're being prudent.

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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