to foresee
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3.9
- verb
- /fɔrˈsi/
:
prever
- Most people are concerned about the situation because they foresee some consequences.
- difficult to foresee
- fail to foresee
- foresee the consequences
And and do you foresee an end at some point?
- And and do you foresee an end at some point?
- There were you can't always, you know, foresee what's going to happen.
- so people started saying Sadhguru, did you foresee pandemic? Did you do this?
- So First things first, your visual system was not foreseeing faces, motion, etcetera.
- But like, for me, I, I, I foresee doing both probably for decades.
- And all of the, you know, impossible to foresee implications of that.
- You cannot, you cannot proactively foresee every single issue.
- So there was no real way that a test taker could foresee the point of answering.
- Not a single scenario foresees a successful outcome for the Reichsbere.
- And that's another thing that a lot of people don't foresee or underestimate or downplay.
- But I wonder if they could have foreseen not maybe not foreseen how big it got.
Examples
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Well, if so, I foresee some terrible things for you in the not-too-distant future, Bob.
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What are the risks that you foresee on the horizon?
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So how does this, how do you foresee this field playing out?
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And and do you foresee an end at some point?
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Could you say, that looking back now a year ago, did you foresee anything like this happening to David?
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I foresee that you will not be here long.
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One can almost foresee a brighter future for the country.
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Within the challenge scenario, we foresee two main roles for machine learning.
Academic text (2017) -
The researchers do not foresee any threats for any of the participants in the study.
Academic text (2011) -
I can foresee that the project will finish ahead of schedule.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To think that something will happen
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3.0
To say what will happen in the future
164
4.1
To picture something in your mind, often a possible future
109
3.2
To expect that something will happen
54
2.5
To say what will probably happen using information, for example about weather or business
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7.0
To say what will happen in the future
3
9.3
To say what will happen in the future using clues
2
7.1
To imagine or think about something before it happens
To know something before it happens
To know something before it happens
Predict an event from a sign or dream
To seem to show that something bad will happen
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word foresee joins fore- meaning 'before' and see, so it means 'to see before' something happens. That's why to foresee is to expect or imagine an event in the future.