/ fɔːˈsiː; NAmE fɔːrˈsiː/ verb
( fore·saw / fɔːˈsɔː; NAmE fɔːrˈsɔː/, fore·seen / fɔːˈsiːn; NAmE fɔːrˈsiːn/) to think sth is going to happen in the future; to know about sth before it happens
SYN predict :
[ vn ]
We do not foresee any problems.
The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen.
[ v ( that )]
No one could have foreseen (that) things would turn out this way.
[ v wh- ]
It is impossible to foresee how life will work out.
[also vn -ing ]
—compare unforeseen
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English foresēon (see fore- , see ).