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Foresee
//fɔɹˈsi// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 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."
- 2 realize beforehand wordnet
- 3 To provide. obsolete
"Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life."
- 4 picture to oneself; imagine possible wordnet
- 5 act in advance of; deal with ahead of time wordnet
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).
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