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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
Isaac Asimov

Meaning of "foresee" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORESEE

foresee  [fɔːˈsiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORESEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foresee is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb foresee in English.

WHAT DOES FORESEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foresee in the English dictionary

The definition of foresee in the dictionary is to see or know beforehand.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORESEE

PRESENT

Present
I foresee
you foresee
he/she/it foresees
we foresee
you foresee
they foresee
Present continuous
I am foreseeing
you are foreseeing
he/she/it is foreseeing
we are foreseeing
you are foreseeing
they are foreseeing
Present perfect
I have foreseen
you have foreseen
he/she/it has foreseen
we have foreseen
you have foreseen
they have foreseen
Present perfect continuous
I have been foreseeing
you have been foreseeing
he/she/it has been foreseeing
we have been foreseeing
you have been foreseeing
they have been foreseeing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I foresaw
you foresaw
he/she/it foresaw
we foresaw
you foresaw
they foresaw
Past continuous
I was foreseeing
you were foreseeing
he/she/it was foreseeing
we were foreseeing
you were foreseeing
they were foreseeing
Past perfect
I had foreseen
you had foreseen
he/she/it had foreseen
we had foreseen
you had foreseen
they had foreseen
Past perfect continuous
I had been foreseeing
you had been foreseeing
he/she/it had been foreseeing
we had been foreseeing
you had been foreseeing
they had been foreseeing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will foresee
you will foresee
he/she/it will foresee
we will foresee
you will foresee
they will foresee
Future continuous
I will be foreseeing
you will be foreseeing
he/she/it will be foreseeing
we will be foreseeing
you will be foreseeing
they will be foreseeing
Future perfect
I will have foreseen
you will have foreseen
he/she/it will have foreseen
we will have foreseen
you will have foreseen
they will have foreseen
Future perfect continuous
I will have been foreseeing
you will have been foreseeing
he/she/it will have been foreseeing
we will have been foreseeing
you will have been foreseeing
they will have been foreseeing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would foresee
you would foresee
he/she/it would foresee
we would foresee
you would foresee
they would foresee
Conditional continuous
I would be foreseeing
you would be foreseeing
he/she/it would be foreseeing
we would be foreseeing
you would be foreseeing
they would be foreseeing
Conditional perfect
I would have foresee
you would have foresee
he/she/it would have foresee
we would have foresee
you would have foresee
they would have foresee
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been foreseeing
you would have been foreseeing
he/she/it would have been foreseeing
we would have been foreseeing
you would have been foreseeing
they would have been foreseeing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you foresee
we let´s foresee
you foresee
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to foresee
Past participle
foreseen
Present Participle
foreseeing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORESEE


AFDC
ˌeɪɛfdiːˈsiː
emcee
ˌɛmˈsiː
endorsee
ɪnˌdɔːˈsiː
farci
fɑːˈsiː
ICRC
ˌaɪsiːɑːˈsiː
indorsee
ˌɪndɔːˈsiː
licensee
ˌlaɪsənˈsiː
NSC
ˌɛnɛsˈsiː
NTSC
ˌentiesˈsiː
oversea
ˌəʊvəˈsiː
oversee
ˌəʊvəˈsiː
releasee
rɪˌliːˈsiː
resee
riːˈsiː
SERC
ˌɛsiːɑːˈsiː
SPCC
ˌespiːsiːˈsiː
SRC
ɛsɑːˈsiː
subsea
sʌbˈsiː
Tennessee
ˌtɛnɪˈsiː
ULC
ˌjuːɛlˈsiː
USMC
ˌjuːɛsɛmˈsiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORESEE

foresaid
foresail
foresaw
foresay
foreseeability
foreseeable
foreseeingly
foreseen
foreseer
foreshadow
foreshadower
foreshank
foresheet
foreship
foreshock
foreshore
foreshorten
foreshortening
foreshow
foreshown

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORESEE

addressee
as far as I can see
besee
Bielersee
Bodensee
franchisee
fricassee
frisee
Genfersee
lessee
look-see
must-see
Parsee
passee
see
sightsee
suck it and see
Tallahassee
upsee
you see

Synonyms and antonyms of foresee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORESEE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «foresee» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of foresee

Translation of «foresee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORESEE

Find out the translation of foresee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foresee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foresee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预见
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prever
570 millions of speakers

English

foresee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उम्मीद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَتَنَبَّأُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предвидеть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prever
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরদর্শন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prévoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meramalkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorhersehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

予見する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예견하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foresee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thấy trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னறிந்திருக்கவில்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आगाऊ दिसणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önceden görmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prevedere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewidzieć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передбачати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a prevedea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προβλέπω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorsien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förutsäga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forutse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foresee

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORESEE»

The term «foresee» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.135 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORESEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foresee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foresee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foresee

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10 QUOTES WITH «FORESEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foresee.
1
Isaac Asimov
Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
2
Marcus Aurelius
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
3
Emily Greene Balch
The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.
4
John Berger
Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.
5
Jorge Luis Borges
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
6
Nick Bostrom
For healthy adult people, the really big thing we can foresee are ways of intervening in the ageing process, either by slowing or reversing it.
7
Maria Callas
That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
8
Maria Callas
Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
9
J. M. Coetzee
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
10
Freeman Dyson
I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer industry, the path that von Neumann failed to foresee, becoming small and domesticated rather than big and centralized.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORESEE»

Discover the use of foresee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foresee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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I Foresee My Life: The Ritual Performance of Autobiography ...
Oakdale analyzes autobiographical performances using insights from studies on ritual, life history, and linguistic anthropology to better understand Kayabi notions of self and person and the role these narrative expressions play in their ...
Suzanne Oakdale, 2005
2
Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers
Present présent  I foresee  You foresee  He foresees  We foresee  You foresee  They foresee Present continuous présent continu  I am foreseing  You are foreseing  He is foreseing  We are foreseing  You are foreseing ...
pierre elemento
3
The Five Laws to Foresee the Future: 12 Paradigm Shifts That ...
If you are interested in the Five Laws of Dialectic or The Twelve Paradigm Changes That will happen in human society in the future, You would find very important insights in this book. ...
Hiroshi Tasaka, 2009
4
Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing ...
When Rachel Carson completed her book, Silent Spring, she dedicated it to Albert Schweitzet who said, "Man has lost the capacity to foresee and forestall . . . He will end up destroying the earth." To foresee and forestall is the basis of the ...
Carolyn Raffensperger, Joel A. Tickner, 1999
5
You Can Fight Back: Learn How to Easily - Defend Yourself, ...
This comprehensive anti-crime survival guide is found in thousands of homes, offices, dormitories and vehicles. The book covers protection against violence, fraud and harassment at home, work, and while traveling in the U.S. and abroad.
Richard D. Feroce, 1995
6
Language Learning Strategies Around the World: ...
Content Instruction in the Classroom. For short, we call this the "4C" or — with apologies to those who dislike puns — the "Foresee" Approach. Foresee and CALLA share the same purpose and resemble each other in many important respects.
Rebecca L. Oxford, 1996
7
Guide to the French language
To FORESEE. PllEV oir. W.B. MAY, expressing a wish, is rendered by the present of the sufrp'unctire of pouvoir; as, May you be happy ! Puissiez-ioui itre heureux ! But observe that, these instances excepted, the subjunctive never begins a ...
J. J. P. Le Brethon, L. Sandier, 1847
8
An exposition of the ninth chapter of the Epistle to the ...
In case a man should foresee such an event, in one kind or other, his foresight would be such literally or properly. He should have knowledge of the event, and what this"would be, before he had done the action, or given the gift, the event ...
John Goodwin, Thomas Jackson, 1835
9
Foresee Results
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. ForeSee is an international customer experience analytics firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Jordan Naoum, 2012
10
God, Why?: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
But I foresee that Sally will reject my Son. She will go her own way and be open prey for Satan for fifteen years. I foresee that Sally will have marriage problems. Because I also foresee that her mother will be praying for her, I will be able to do  ...
Chas Stevenson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORESEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foresee is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Three monkeys linked in 'brainet' experiment show power of …
We foresee that shared-BMIs will follow the same track and soon be translated to clinical practice.” The experiments found that the three rhesus ... «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
2
Ramsey: Welcome to America, headquarters of women's soccer
13 Alex Morgan jersey, in the basement of her Colorado Springs home. She expected victory, but failed to foresee her countrywomen bolting to ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
3
What's a fair salary for the Broncos to get a long-term contract done …
I'd take Thomas over Nelson. As for a contract situation, I foresee Jerry Jones and Dallas overpaying for Dez, meaning Denver might have to ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
4
US Navy Triples Maternity Leave, Air Force Looks to Follow Suit …
Legislators who have tried to usher in national maternity policies fail to foresee how much damage it could do to businesses who are ill ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
5
OTL founders revel in tourney's growth - San Diego Union-Tribune
The craze surrounding recent tournaments was impossible for the group to foresee. The inaugural event had eight teams — this year 1,200 will ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
6
KENNEDY: Same-sex ruling wasn't activism | 2015-07-09 …
... liberty didn't contemplate same-sex marriage would have to concede that those same founders didn't foresee either corporate personhood or ... «Indianapolis Business Journal, Jul 15»
7
ForeSee parent company lays off nearly 100 employees in 2nd …
Answers Corporation has laid off another 100 employees of ForeSee according to reports from current and former employees. The newest ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
8
Debate renews over polygamy - The Washington Post
Still, he didn't foresee a swift march toward legalization of plural marriage. “The policy arguments against polygamous marriages are pretty ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
9
We foresee a mobile-only world for newer offerings: ixigo co-founder …
Aloke Bajpai, CEO and co-founder of travel marketplace ixigo.com, foresees a mobile-only world for all of his company's newer businesses. «VC Circle, Jul 15»
10
Experts at Venice Biennale foresee bright future for Chinese art …
Venice, the Italian water city where Chinese artists have impressed at the ongoing Biennale international art exhibition, is also home to an art ... «ecns, Jul 15»

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