If a future event is foreseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know.
It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable.
People should be held accountable for the foreseeable consequences of their actions.
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See for the foreseeable future
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See in the foreseeable future
Examples of 'foreseeable' in a sentence
foreseeable
They are staying for the foreseeable future.
The Sun (2016)
There are no signs of any more unusual heat returning in the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But we have no reason to expect the trend to change significantly for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And sadly it is for the foreseeable future.
The Sun (2016)
Apart from anything else, the foreseeable future is made of cardboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For the foreseeable future, the focus is all on Bournemouth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The threshold question was whether that kind of harm to that particular employee was reasonably foreseeable.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We are satisfied that the existing facilities provide sufficient funding for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The filing said government measures would continue to have an impact for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But it will now be off the agenda for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was now accepted that there could be no recovery for damage that had not been reasonably foreseeable.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His organisation's wishlist is nowhere in reality in the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A proper summer is not in sight for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There are many new industries we must have by then or we will be stuck with persistent unemployment and empty shopping malls for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They do not, and will not for the foreseeable future, send people into space.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He voted for euro membership but admits it will not happen'in the foreseeable future '.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The world No 1 is convinced he is more than capable of going it alone for the foreseeable future.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In many practical company situations, it must be said, this is simply not likely to be on the agenda for the foreseeable future.
Piercy, Nigel Market-led Strategic Change (1991)
In other languages
foreseeable
British English: foreseeable ADJECTIVE
If a future event is foreseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know.
It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable.
American English: foreseeable
Brazilian Portuguese: previsível
Chinese: 可预见的
European Spanish: previsible
French: prévisible
German: vorhersehbar
Italian: prevedibile
Japanese: 予知できる
Korean: 예견할 수 있는
European Portuguese: previsível
Latin American Spanish: previsible
Chinese translation of 'foreseeable'
foreseeable
(fɔːˈsiːəbl)
adj
in the foreseeable future在可预(預)见(見)的未来(來) (zài kě yùjiàn de wèilái)