foresee
/fɔ:'si:/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To be aware of beforehand; to predict or expect (something) before it happens: To know or believe that something will occur in the future.
- To picture or imagine (a future event or possibility) in one's mind: To form a mental image of a potential future situation.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- A good leader can foresee potential problems and take steps to avoid them.
- The engineers did not foresee the structural weakness in the design.
- It is difficult to foresee what the world will be like in 50 years.
Advanced Usage
- "To foresee difficulties/consequences": To anticipate problems or results before they occur.
- The project manager must foresee any logistical difficulties.
- "Foreseeable" (adj): Able to be predicted or anticipated.
- This accident was not foreseeable given the information we had.
- "Foreseeing that...": Used to introduce a clause describing a predicted event.
- He made backup plans, foreseeing that the original idea might fail.
Variants and Related Words
- Foreseeable (adjective): Capable of being foreseen or anticipated.
- In the foreseeable future, we plan to expand the business.
- Foresight (noun): The ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future.
- Her foresight in investing early made her very successful.
Synonyms
- Anticipate: To expect or predict.
- Predict: To say that (a specified event) will happen in the future.
- Envision: To imagine as a future possibility.
- Foretell: To predict (the future).
Related Phrases
- "As far as one can foresee": To the limits of one's ability to predict.
- The company is stable as far as we can foresee.
- "Hard to foresee": Difficult to predict.
- The outcome of the negotiations is hard to foresee.
Verb
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
- picture to oneself; imagine possible
- I cannot envision him as President
- realize beforehand