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fore⋅sight

  [fawr-sahyt, fohr-]
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–noun
1. care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
2. the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
3. an act of looking forward.
4. knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
5. Surveying.
a. a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
b. (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME forsight. See fore-, sight

Related forms:
foresighted, adjective
fore⋅sight⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
fore⋅sight⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
fore⋅sight⋅ed⋅ness, noun
foresightful, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See prudence. 4. foreknowledge.
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fore·sight   (fôr'sīt', fōr'-)   
n.  
  1. Perception of the significance and nature of events before they have occurred.
  2. Care in providing for the future; prudence. See Synonyms at prudence.
  3. The act of looking forward.
fore'sight'ed adj., fore'sight'ed·ly adv., fore'sight'ed·ness n., fore'sight'ful adj.
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Foresight

Fore"sight`\, n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. --Milton.

2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.

This seems an unseasonable foresight. --Milton.

A random expense, without plan or foresight. --Burke.

3. (Surv.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.

4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Foresight
Spanish: previsión,
German: die Voraussicht,
Japanese: 先見の明
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Foresight graphics, tool
A software product from Nu Thena providing graphical modelling tools for high level system design and simulation.
(1994-10-24)

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