foresightn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːsʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌsaɪt/

Etymology: < fore- prefix + sight n.¹ Compare Old High German forasiht, German vorsicht.

1. The action or faculty of foreseeing what must happen; prevision.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun]

foreshowinga1050

foreknowingc1374

foreseeingc1374

fore-wit1377

before-knowingc1384

presciencec1384

fore-wittingc1386

presciencec1395

foresight14..

previdence?a1425

prevision?a1425

prenostication?a1450

precognitiona1500

before-witting1532

foreknowledge1535

fore-fetch1554

presciency1572

fore-wisdom1576

prenotion1588

presension1597

prospecta1616

presensation1653

prospiciency1681

prevoyance1767

onsight1838

preview1855

precog1954

14.. J. Lydgate Secrees 173 Haue ther with Consyderacyon Be a forsyght and cleer inspeccyon.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 17 b Foresight is a gatheryng by conjectures what shall happen.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §xiiii Want of fore-sight makes thee more merry.

1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 79 The effects rather of blind terror than of enlightened foresight.

1816 J. Austen Emma III. iii. 43 On fire with speculation and foresight !

1856 W. H. Smyth Descr. Catal. Roman Family Coins 245 Nor had he foresight enough to see the true interests of his country.

a. The action of looking forward (literal and figurative); also, a look forward (at some distant object).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > forward

forelook1583

foresight1591

foreglancea1834

1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. X^v The foolish Flie without foresight.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §xvii My very eye is weary with the fore-sight of so great a distance.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 368 Let Eve..Here sleep below while thou to foresight wak'st.

1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 13 From the Summit of Garreg..the traveller may have an august foresight of the lofty tract of Snowdon.

1885 G. W. Melville In Lena Delta iv. 50 Aftersight informed us of much that our foresight had overlooked.

b. Perception gained by looking forward; prospect; a sight or view into the future.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste

arlesc1220

earnestc1225

forelook1357

foresight1422

foretaste1435

earnest pennya1438

before-tasting1526

prelibation1526

tasting1526

promise?1533

say1549

to-looka1572

handsel1573

assay1597

antepast1604

prefruitiona1631

cue1647

pregustation1656

pregustator1670

scene1691

tint1768

outlook1823

fore-view1831

preview1882

1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 49 Hauyng gode in forsyght, I haue maad and ordened this my..last wylle.

c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 527 Forsighte at al ne haan tho wrecches noon Of the harm which ther-of moot folwe neede.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xi. 169 The thoughts of mortall men are timerous, and their foresights vncertaine.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. v. 39 Joseph, out of the fore-sight of a following dearth, bought up the seven yeares graine for Pharaoh.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 176 Upon a fore-sight that the fire may come thither.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 34 Our Foresight of those Consequences, is a Warning given us.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 62 We are guarded against the naked effect of the perpetual foresight of death.

a. Care or provision for the future.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought

forethoughta1400

foresight1430

forehandedness1840

far-sightedness1846

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v If by prudent forsyght, Thou haddest had grace for to record aryht.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 314 With sa gude forsicht [1489 Adv. forsych] and sa vis, Or his furth-passyng ordanit he.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. ix. 74 Gyf it be sa ȝour godhed..Be prescience provyd hes, and forsichtis.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 111 Counsell grounded vpon no wise foresight or approoued experience, was more dangerous vnto him.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 257 He had had the foresight to order [it].

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) viii. 85 Those least disposed to foresight could not help asking..what was to be done next time.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 155 In hot climates, nature being bountiful, man is not obliged to use foresight.

†b. (God's, divine) foresight: = providence v. Also, an instance or effect of Divine Providence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > divine providence

the ways of GodeOE

providencea1382

purveyinga1382

purveyancec1385

(God's, divine) foresighta1400

prudencec1425

proviancec1460

provisionc1460

pronoia1874

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 284 Þis lauerd þat is so mikul o might He puruaid al in his for-sight.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 460 God..Preserwyt yaim in hys forsycht.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clarence lvi Wo wurth the wretch y^t strives with gods forsighte.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 63 in Poems Shap'd in the glass of the divine Foresight.

1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 372 I find now..that my want of language hath been but a foresight of the King my Master, and a fit Complement upon His part.

4. Surveying. (See quot. 1855). ? U.S. only.

ΚΠ

1855 C. Davies & W. G. Peck Math. Dict. (1857) Foresight, any reading of the leveling-rod, after the first, taken at a given station. The first reading is called a back-sight.

5. The foremost of the two sights on a gun; the muzzle-sight.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight > types of

dispart1578

telescopic sight1674

plain sight1686

aim-frontlet1745

hausse1787

foresight1806

gloaming sight1817

night-sight1822

bead1831

leaf1832

backsight1847

globe sight1847

pendulum hausse1850

hindsight1851

tangent scale1859

tangent1861

tangent backsight1862

training pendulum1862

training level1863

peep sight1866

dispart-sight1867

notch sight1867

buck-horn1877

orthoptic1881

aperturea1884

pinball-sighta1884

dispart patch1884

sight bar1884

flap-sight1887

barley-corn1896

ring sight1901

riflescope1902

spotting scope1904

tangent sight1908

Aldis sight1918

wind-sight1923

scope sight1934

gyro-sight1942

1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 15 Mar. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 416 Labuish..having by some accedent lost the fore sight of his gun shot a great number of times but killed only the number mentioned.

1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 34 The foresight is aligned through the back sight with the object.

1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 25 Raise the folding sight and the eye..until the fore-sight is in a line with the bull's-eye.

1880 Times 18 Oct. 4/3 In using the rifle a native rarely avails himself of the foresight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foresight
释义	foresightn. Brit. /ˈfɔːsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌsaɪt/ Etymology: < fore- prefix + sight n.¹ Compare Old High German forasiht, German vorsicht. 1. The action or faculty of foreseeing what must happen; prevision. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foreknowingc1374 foreseeingc1374 fore-wit1377 before-knowingc1384 presciencec1384 fore-wittingc1386 presciencec1395 foresight14.. previdence?a1425 prevision?a1425 prenostication?a1450 precognitiona1500 before-witting1532 foreknowledge1535 fore-fetch1554 presciency1572 fore-wisdom1576 prenotion1588 presension1597 prospecta1616 presensation1653 prospiciency1681 prevoyance1767 onsight1838 preview1855 precog1954 14.. J. Lydgate Secrees 173 Haue ther with Consyderacyon Be a forsyght and cleer inspeccyon. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 17 b Foresight is a gatheryng by conjectures what shall happen. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §xiiii Want of fore-sight makes thee more merry. 1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 79 The effects rather of blind terror than of enlightened foresight. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. iii. 43 On fire with speculation and foresight ! View more context for this quotation 1856 W. H. Smyth Descr. Catal. Roman Family Coins 245 Nor had he foresight enough to see the true interests of his country. 2. a. The action of looking forward (literal and figurative); also, a look forward (at some distant object). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > forward forelook1583 foresight1591 foreglancea1834 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. X^v The foolish Flie without foresight. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §xvii My very eye is weary with the fore-sight of so great a distance. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 368 Let Eve..Here sleep below while thou to foresight wak'st. View more context for this quotation 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 13 From the Summit of Garreg..the traveller may have an august foresight of the lofty tract of Snowdon. 1885 G. W. Melville In Lena Delta iv. 50 Aftersight informed us of much that our foresight had overlooked. b. Perception gained by looking forward; prospect; a sight or view into the future. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste arlesc1220 earnestc1225 forelook1357 foresight1422 foretaste1435 earnest pennya1438 before-tasting1526 prelibation1526 tasting1526 promise?1533 say1549 to-looka1572 handsel1573 assay1597 antepast1604 prefruitiona1631 cue1647 pregustation1656 pregustator1670 scene1691 tint1768 outlook1823 fore-view1831 preview1882 1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 49 Hauyng gode in forsyght, I haue maad and ordened this my..last wylle. c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 527 Forsighte at al ne haan tho wrecches noon Of the harm which ther-of moot folwe neede. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xi. 169 The thoughts of mortall men are timerous, and their foresights vncertaine. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. v. 39 Joseph, out of the fore-sight of a following dearth, bought up the seven yeares graine for Pharaoh. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 176 Upon a fore-sight that the fire may come thither. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 34 Our Foresight of those Consequences, is a Warning given us. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 62 We are guarded against the naked effect of the perpetual foresight of death. 3. a. Care or provision for the future. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought forethoughta1400 foresight1430 forehandedness1840 far-sightedness1846 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v If by prudent forsyght, Thou haddest had grace for to record aryht. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 314 With sa gude forsicht [1489 Adv. forsych] and sa vis, Or his furth-passyng ordanit he. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. ix. 74 Gyf it be sa ȝour godhed..Be prescience provyd hes, and forsichtis. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 111 Counsell grounded vpon no wise foresight or approoued experience, was more dangerous vnto him. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 257 He had had the foresight to order [it]. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) viii. 85 Those least disposed to foresight could not help asking..what was to be done next time. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 155 In hot climates, nature being bountiful, man is not obliged to use foresight. †b. (God's, divine) foresight: = providence v. Also, an instance or effect of Divine Providence. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > divine providence the ways of GodeOE providencea1382 purveyinga1382 purveyancec1385 (God's, divine) foresighta1400 prudencec1425 proviancec1460 provisionc1460 pronoia1874 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 284 Þis lauerd þat is so mikul o might He puruaid al in his for-sight. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 460 God..Preserwyt yaim in hys forsycht. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clarence lvi Wo wurth the wretch y^t strives with gods forsighte. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 63 in Poems Shap'd in the glass of the divine Foresight. 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 372 I find now..that my want of language hath been but a foresight of the King my Master, and a fit Complement upon His part. 4. Surveying. (See quot. 1855). ? U.S. only. ΚΠ 1855 C. Davies & W. G. Peck Math. Dict. (1857) Foresight, any reading of the leveling-rod, after the first, taken at a given station. The first reading is called a back-sight. 5. The foremost of the two sights on a gun; the muzzle-sight. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight > types of dispart1578 telescopic sight1674 plain sight1686 aim-frontlet1745 hausse1787 foresight1806 gloaming sight1817 night-sight1822 bead1831 leaf1832 backsight1847 globe sight1847 pendulum hausse1850 hindsight1851 tangent scale1859 tangent1861 tangent backsight1862 training pendulum1862 training level1863 peep sight1866 dispart-sight1867 notch sight1867 buck-horn1877 orthoptic1881 aperturea1884 pinball-sighta1884 dispart patch1884 sight bar1884 flap-sight1887 barley-corn1896 ring sight1901 riflescope1902 spotting scope1904 tangent sight1908 Aldis sight1918 wind-sight1923 scope sight1934 gyro-sight1942 1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 15 Mar. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 416 Labuish..having by some accedent lost the fore sight of his gun shot a great number of times but killed only the number mentioned. 1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 34 The foresight is aligned through the back sight with the object. 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 25 Raise the folding sight and the eye..until the fore-sight is in a line with the bull's-eye. 1880 Times 18 Oct. 4/3 In using the rifle a native rarely avails himself of the foresight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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