Meaning of "foreseen" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF FORESEEN

foreseen  [fɔːˈsiːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORESEEN

Foreseen 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 foreseen in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORESEEN

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 foreseen

you would foreseen

he/she/it would foreseen

we would foreseen

you would foreseen

they would foreseen

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 foreseen

you would have foreseen

he/she/it would have foreseen

we would have foreseen

you would have foreseen

they would have foreseen

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.

SYNONYMS OF «FORESEEN»

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

synonyms of foreseen

anticipate · divine · envisage · forebode · forecast · foretell · predict · prophesy · vaticinate

TRANSLATION OF FORESEEN

Find out the translation of foreseen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of foreseen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreseen» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 预见
• Translator English - Spanish: previsto
• English: foreseen
• Translator English - Hindi: सोच
• Translator English - Arabic: متوقعة
• Translator English - Russian: Предусмотренный
• Translator English - Portuguese: previsto
• Translator English - Bengali: পূর্বাভাস
• Translator English - French: prévue
• Translator English - Malay: diramalkan
• Translator English - German: vorgesehenen
• Translator English - Japanese: 予見
• Translator English - Korean: 은 사전
• Translator English - Javanese: Foreseen
• Translator English - Vietnamese: dự liệu
• Translator English - Tamil: ஊகிக்கக்கூடிய
• Translator English - Marathi: आगाऊ
• Translator English - Turkish: öngörülen
• Translator English - Italian: previsto
• Translator English - Polish: przewidywane
• Translator English - Ukrainian: передбачений
• Translator English - Romanian: prevăzută
• Translator English - Greek: προβλεπόμενη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vooruitgesiene
• Translator English - Swedish: förutsedda
• Translator English - Norwegian: forutsett

6 QUOTES WITH «FORESEEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foreseen.

1

Andrew Coyle Bradley

Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen.

2

Kenneth Clark

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

3

Marshall Herskovitz

Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government.

4

Mary Schmich

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.

5

William H. Seward

But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their coming in being foreseen and provided for.

6

Freya Stark

Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORESEEN»

Discover the use of foreseen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreseen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Foreseen

Foreseen is populated with new adults learning who they are and how they fit into the world, made all the more difficult by the main character's discovery of the power to make her childhood dreams come true.

Terri-Lynne Smiles, 2012

Foreseen Hunger

Red Light Series, Book ThreeWhat man would be crazy enough to date a whore?

Marisa Chenery, 2011

Foreseen

His destiny was foreseen long before his birth, but only time will tell if he will be able to stop a powerful enemy, hell-bent on ruling the world.

Rebecca Burton, 2011

The Future of Humanity and the Earth: As Foreseen by Rudolf ...

Richard Seddon draws together the essence of hundreds of lectures to create this broad overview of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual research into the course of human evolution.

Richard Seddon, 2002

Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers

... foreseing  They are foreseing Present perfect passé composé  I have foreseen  You have foreseen  He has foreseen  We have foreseen  You have foreseen  They have foreseen Preterite Past continuous Pluperfect passé simple ...

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Justified Killing: The Paradox of Self-defense

Pretheoretical intuition, though it counts intended harm as morally worse than merely foreseen harm, does not give us a clear answer on how we are to compare the two. It does not tell us whether intended harm is always worse than foreseen ...

Whitley R. P. Kaufman, 2009

The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law

in certain cases the court may find the defendant negligent in spite of the fact that under the circumstances of the case an ordinary person would not have foreseen the possibility of the result occurring, because in those circumstances a ...

Kevin Heller, Markus Dubber, 2010

Ethics and War: An Introduction

Not only is war morally impossible without civilian deaths; it is also morally impossible without foreseen civilian deaths. Australian philosopher C. A. j. Coady remarks that “the conduct of war in contemporary circumstances is morally impossible ...

Steven P. Lee, 2012

Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975

It was not foreseen that Pakistan could not deploy its midget submarines and chariots in a preemptive attack on the Western Fleet in harbour. Indeed the most elaborate precautions had been taken against this threat. Post war reports indicated ...

G. M. Hiranandani, 2000

Ethics in Medicine: Virtue, Vice and Medicine

Consequences intended and consequences merely foreseen We understand well enough the difference between the consequences of what we voluntarily do or omit that are intended and those that are merely foreseen – between outcomes  ...

Jennifer Jackson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORESEEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreseen is used in the context of the following news items.

Lexington hospital's 'quiet giant' leaving impact beyond his tenure …

County leaders call those steps vital to ensure health care keeps pace with steady growth in population foreseen to reach 365,000 in 2030, ... «The State, Jul 15»

Josep Maria Bartomeu: Luis Enrique Never Wanted Paul Pogba …

"The trip to Juventus was not foreseen when I left, but the club is still working." Rather than Pogba, Bartomeu revealed that Barca manager ... «90min, Jul 15»

Cancer patients forced to have unnecessary chemotherapy because …

"It should have been foreseen," said Hillier. "This didn't just happen overnight. I don't think it's being addressed in a timely fashion." The worried ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»

Taking Justice to a New Level: The Special Criminal Court in … - Jurist

As foreseen in its mandate, the peacekeeping mission will play a critical role in assisting the new court with recruiting staff, supporting ... «JURIST, Jul 15»

Christian Cullen: Take the hits and move on - Sport - NZ Herald News

I imagine they would have foreseen having two New Zealand teams in the Super Rugby final and, even before the Samoan game, formed a ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

A whole continent loses its reason over macroeconomics …

Instead the Eurocrats responded in a way that nobody had foreseen - the normal response would have been the "Irish" one whereby they make ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

Luis Enrique

"Luis Enrique did not ask for Pogba," he told Cadena Cope. "The trip to Juventus was not foreseen when I left, but the club is still working.". «beIN SPORTS USA Breaking News, Jul 15»

Not much local impact foreseen from Army cuts - Philly.com

US army soldiers stand in formation during a joint military training. The army plans to cut 40,000 soldiers from its ranks and 17,000 civilian ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»

Tax hikes to hurt most Greeks | Business | ekathimerini.com

Households and enterprises are set for even tougher years ahead, given that the foreseen changes to value-added tax rates provide for the ... «Kathimerini, Jul 15»

Plenary highlights: Greece, TTIP, emissions trading reform

Following a deal with the Council, the new market stability reserve will start operating in 2019, two years earlier than initially foreseen. «EU News, Jul 15»