Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farsee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: farsee
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To see at or from a distance.

verb

To see by foresight; see clairvoyantly; view or sense telepathically.

Example Sentences

"They set off again, the tall, elegant human and the violet-skinned exotic, too abstracted to farsee the person waiting for them in the shadows a few dozen meters ahead."
"“That's a long way to farsee, even for you.” “The ge-eagle helps,” he admitted. “Cheat!” Edeard laughed."
"As Yoda would put it, if you want to 'farsee' into your future needs, first make sure your homework you have done."

Etymology

From far + see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”).

Inflected Forms

farsees (present, singular) farseeing (participle, present) farsaw (past) farseen (participle, past)

Derived Forms

farseer farseeing farsight

Frequently Paired Words

farspeak

Questions

What does farsee mean?: To see at or from a distance.
Where does farsee come from?: From far + see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”).

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