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foresee

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And in the future we'll look back in hindsight and say "I can't believe they didn't foresee it, all the signs were there.

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realize beforehand

Meaning at a glance

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verb

realize beforehand

verb

picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

verb

act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for foresee.

verb

picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

See also: envision

Example sentences

1

And in the future we'll look back in hindsight and say "I can't believe they didn't foresee it, all the signs were there.

2

I foresee Android powered cleaning robots in the future.

3

"We're announcing Go version 1, or Go 1 for short"I foresee the next version being considered harmful.

4

I work with lots of people that are at the level I would like to be at in a few years, and I don't foresee any problems for myself.

5

LinkedIn scares me more, because I think most 22-year-olds don't really foresee that they might have the need to change their career histories.

6

I don't foresee any personal projects in Java any time soon, however.

7

I can't foresee being able to run a small support business without catering only to the enterprise.

8

I foresee a funny side effect: IE 11 users visiting old sites will get "This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer" messages.

9

As psychics they foresee all of the events from first date to heady romance to angry bittering to rejection and separation.

10

This mirror apparently doesn't really suffer from that problem, but the legislation didn't anticipate it - which isn't really surprising, it's hardly realistic to expect them to foresee this development.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use foresee in a sentence?

And in the future we'll look back in hindsight and say "I can't believe they didn't foresee it, all the signs were there.

What does foresee mean?

realize beforehand

What part of speech is foresee?

foresee is commonly used as verb.