foresee
verb /fɔːˈsiː/
/fɔːrˈsiː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they foresee | /fɔːˈsiː/ /fɔːrˈsiː/ |
| he / she / it foresees | /fɔːˈsiːz/ /fɔːrˈsiːz/ |
| past simple foresaw | /fɔːˈsɔː/ /fɔːrˈsɔː/ |
| past participle foreseen | /fɔːˈsiːn/ /fɔːrˈsiːn/ |
| -ing form foreseeing | /fɔːˈsiːɪŋ/ /fɔːrˈsiːɪŋ/ |
- to think something is going to happen in the future; to know about something before it happens synonym predict
- foresee something We do not foresee any problems.
- We could foresee no difficulties with these proposals.
- The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen.
- foresee (that)… No one could have foreseen (that) things would turn out this way.
- foresee how, what, etc… It is impossible to foresee how life will work out.
- foresee somebody/something doing something I just didn't foresee that happening.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- reasonably
- can
- be difficult to
- be impossible to
- …
Word OriginOld English foresēon (see fore-, see).