fore-sight

[fawr-sahyt, fohr-]

fore·sight

[fawr-sahyt, fohr-]
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; Middle English forsight. See fore-, sight

fore·sight·ed, adjective
fore·sight·ed·ly, adverb
fore·sight·ed·ness, noun
fore·sight·ful, adjective


1. See prudence. 4. foreknowledge.

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