Foreseeing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
"But at other times my magic is a true magic, and my looking runs very lightly over all the days which are to come before my client has quite done with earth's daylight; and at these times I must tell, will I or will I not, the truth about my foreseeings […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of foresee form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"But at other times my magic is a true magic, and my looking runs very lightly over all the days which are to come before my client has quite done with earth's daylight; and at these times I must tell, will I or will I not, the truth about my foreseeings […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From foresee + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English foreseing, forseying, equivalent to foresee + -ing.