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foresightedness

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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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