foreseeable
Use Foreseeable 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.
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foresee (fɔːˈsiː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -sees, -seeing, -saw, -seen | |
| (tr; may take a clause as object) to see or know beforehand: he did not foresee that | |
| fore'seeable | |
| —adj | |
| fore'seer | |
| —n | |
| foresee (fɔːˈsiː) | |
| —vb , -sees, -seeing, -saw, -seen | |
| (tr; may take a clause as object) to see or know beforehand: he did not foresee that | |
| fore'seeable | |
| —adj | |
| fore'seer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
foresee
O.E. forseon "have a premonition," from fore- "before" + seon "to see, see ahead." Related: Foresaw; foreseeable; foreseen.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
All such cycles are foreseeable, but there is no general theory of climate with predictive capacity.
The glut of homes and offices means that construction probably won't offer many prospects for the foreseeable future.
But that performance has been canceled, along with all others for the foreseeable future.
For the foreseeable future computers will be able to do no more than some of the relatively easy work.
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