foresee

Meaning

1. To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.
2. (obsolete) To provide.

Concepts

foresee

anticipate

predict

forecast

foretell

foreknow

expect

envision

envisage

divine

previse

forebode

prognosticate

see

perceive

guess

hope

brew

intuit

counter

forestall

foreshow

prophesy

project

speculate

surmise

look ahead

look forward

call

imagine

visualize

detect

know in advance

sense

become enlightened

understand

fore cast

read

know beforehand

prepare beforehand

become aware of

notice

contemplate

provide for

preconceive

prejudge

know

know well

ESP

presage

await

look out for

wait for

scent out

smell out

wind

augur

harbinger

prefigure

scry

vaticinate

behold

catch

lay eyes on

recognize

spot

spy

view as

below standard

look

have a premonition

preview

second-guess

appreciate

rely

devise

promise

Hyphenated as

fore‧see

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɔɹˈsi/

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).