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
Main Entry: fore·see·abil·i·ty Pronunciation: fOr-"sE-&-'bi-l&-tE Function: noun 1: the quality or state of being foreseeable foreseeability of probable consequences —Gerwin v. Southeastern California Ass'n of Seventh Day Adventists, 14 California Appellate Reports 3d 209 (1971)> 2: the doctrine esp. of tort and contract law that liability is limited to losses that are foreseeable —see also Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company in the IMPORTANT CASES section
[fawr-see, fohr-] 
verb, -saw, -seen, -see⋅ing.