Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreseeable

/fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: fore-see-able
IPA: /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be foreseen or anticipated.

Example Sentences

"This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future."
"“At current and foreseeable oil prices, the industry’s appetite to drill in ANWR will be exceptionally low and quite possibly will be zero,” Pavel Molchanov, energy analyst at Raymond James, told CNN Business."
"He reckoned the bodyshells were rock-solid, even after 20 years, as were the bogies. "We'll keep them running for the foreseeable future," he said. Rock-solid they may be, but the '185s' have been criticised for their weight."

Etymology

From foresee + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: foresee

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/
British English: /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/

Inflected Forms

more foreseeable (comparative) most foreseeable (superlative) forseeable (alternative)

Derived Forms

foreseeableness foreseeably unforeseeable unforeseeably

Phrases

for the foreseeable

Rhymes With

agreeable disagreeable unforeseeable forseeable

Questions

How do you pronounce foreseeable?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/.
What does foreseeable mean?: Able to be foreseen or anticipated.
Where does foreseeable come from?: From foresee + -able.

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