foresee

UK /fɔːˈsiː/ US /fɔɹˈsi/

verb 2

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

clearly

reasonably

No one could reasonably foresee how popular that small online store would become.

VERB + FORESEE

can/could

Nobody could foresee that the small startup would become a global company.

be difficult to, be impossible to

We couldn't have foreseen how difficult it would be to move to a new country.

Definitions

verb

To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.

A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.

Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.

To provide.

Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — realize beforehand

anticipate
previse
foreknow

verb — picture to oneself

envision

verb — act in advance of

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.

Wiktionary

Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.

Wiktionary

"I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."

Wiktionary

The aim of science is, as has often been said, to foresee, not to understand.

Tatoeba · #24011

Nobody can foresee what'll happen.

Tatoeba · #25147

I didn't foresee this turn of events.

Tatoeba · #54653

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, foresee is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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