foresee
/fɔɹˈsi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession.""
- "One might imagine that the directors foresaw the somewhat uninspiring appearance of the future Manchester stations, and decided to start as it was intended to go on."
- ""If you foresee the event and you go forward, then you are criminally negligent," she said, adding, "This was a boat that navigated on the waters of Lake George since 1979. In terms of criminal negligence, there clearly wasn't the foreseeability that there may be in civil negligence.""
- "Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life."
Etymology
From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɔɹˈsi/
- British English: /fɔːˈsiː/