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fore⋅see

  [fawr-see, fohr-] verb, -saw, -seen, -see⋅ing.
Use foresee in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
2. to see beforehand.
–verb (used without object)
3. to exercise foresight.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE foresēon. See fore-, see 1

Related forms:
fore⋅see⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fore⋅see⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
fore⋅se⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. divine, discern. See predict.
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fore·see   (fôr-sē', fōr-)   
tr.v.   fore·saw (-sô'), fore·seen (-sēn'), fore·see·ing, fore·sees
To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment.
fore·see'a·ble adj., fore·se'er n.
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Foresee

Fore*see"\, v. t. [AS. forese['o]n; fore + se['o]n to see. See See, v. t.]

1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil. --Prov. xxii. 3.

2. To provide. [Obs.]

Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. --Bacon.

Foresee

Fore*see"\, v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : foresee
Spanish: prever,
German: voraussehen,
Japanese: 予見する
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foresee 
O.E. forseon "have a premonition," from fore- "before" + seon "to see, see ahead." Foresight is from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: fore·see
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: fore·saw; fore·seen; fore·see·ing
: to be aware of the reasonable possibility of (as an occurrence or development) beforehand
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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