Foresee
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /fɔɹˈsiË/
- UK IPA: /fÉ”ËˈsiË/
- Rhymes: -iË
Origin
Full definition of foresee
Verb
- To anticipate; to predict.
- 1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter
- "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
- Bible, Proverbs xxii. 3A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
- (obsolete) To provide.
- Francis BaconGreat shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.