foresee

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: fore=see
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

foresee, v. t. [AS. foreseón; fore + seón to see. See See, v. t.].

•  To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.  [1913 Webster]

  "A prudent man foreseeth the evil."  [1913 Webster]
•  To provide.  [1913 Webster]

  "Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life."  [1913 Webster]

foresee, v. i. 

 To have or exercise foresight.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

foresee, v.tr. (past -saw; past part. -seen) (often foll. by that + clause) see or be aware of beforehand.

Derivative

foreseeable adj. foreseeability n. foreseer n.

Etymology

OE foreseon (as FORE- + SEE(1))

THESAURUS

foresee

anticipate, apprehend, approach, augur, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, contemplate, descry, discern, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, draw near, draw on, dread, envisage, envision, espy, expect, face, forebode, forecast, foreglimpse, foreknow, forerun, forestall, foretaste, foretell, fortune-tell, get ahead of, go before, go off half-cocked, guess, hariolate, have in mind, hope, jump the gun, lie ahead, look ahead, look beyond, look for, look forward to, loom, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, near, perceive, picture, plan, plot, predict, prefigure, presage, presume, prevision, prognosticate, project, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, see, see ahead, see beforehand, soothsay, speculate, take for granted, tell fortunes, tell the future, think, threaten, vaticinate, visualize, win the start

ROGET THESAURUS

foresee

Wisdom

VB be intelligent, have all one's wits about one, understand, catch an idea, take in an idea, take a joke, take a hint, see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone, penetrate, discern, foresee, discriminate, know what's what, listen to reason.

Expectation

VB expect, look for, look out for, look forward to, hope for, anticipate, have in prospect, have in contemplation, keep in view, contemplate, promise oneself, not wonder at, not wonder if, wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for, keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for, await, stand at 'attention' abide, bide one's time, watch, foresee, prepare for, forestall, count upon, think likely, lead one to expect, have in store for, prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.

Foresight

VB foresee, look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond, scent from afar, look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future, see one's way, see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps, anticipate, expect, be beforehand, predict, foreknow, forejudge, forecast, presurmise, have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance, respicere finem, keep a sharp lookout, forewarn.