• Foresee

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /fɔɹˈsiː/
    • UK IPA: /fɔːˈsiː/
    • Rhymes: -iː

    Origin

    Full definition of foresee

    Verb

    1. To anticipate; to predict.
      • 1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter
    2. "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
      • Bible, Proverbs xxii. 3A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
    3. (obsolete) To provide.
      • Francis BaconGreat shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
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