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单词 foresee
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Definition of foresee in English:

foresee

verbforeseeing, foreseen, foresaw, foresees fɔːˈsiːfɔrˈsi
[with object]
  • Be aware of beforehand; predict.

    we did not foresee any difficulties
    with clause it is impossible to foresee how life will work out
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He actually foresees a lengthy period in which the United States and China are likely to have rather cooperative relations.
    • Of course, by the early 1990s, you didn't need to be a prophet to foresee the fate of the Left.
    • Men expected to die before their wives, just as women foresaw a life after their husband's death in old age.
    • That result was neither forecast nor foreseen by any of the pundits of that time.
    • There is an interesting summary of the current big corruption scandal in Canadian politics here which foresees a new Canadian election soon.
    • Even so, they should have foreseen that responsibility before they were ready to conceive the child.
    • To me the word prophecy means something foretold, that could not have been foreseen by natural means.
    • Contemporaries, of course, could not be expected to foresee the relative stability which lay ahead.
    • He himself confidently predicted it, foreseeing a time when his books would be the subject of serious study and when he would be applauded for the novelty and depth of the insights they contained.
    • He says that, ‘conceptually,’ he foresees no difficulty dealing with the impairment test.
    • He foresaw an upsurge in violent incidents years ago, predicting their arrival at the end of this century.
    • He also foresees an extra £14.1 million being lured into the city each year through increased conference trade and tourism spend outside.
    • The old French prophet has foreseen England beating Italy in the world cup final!
    • All this makes it impossible to foresee the likely development of Europe.
    • He foresaw an array of dangers and difficulties, including terrorist threats and serious economic problems.
    • He also foresees a drop in monthly subscription, as the channels will start quoting more ‘realistic’ rates.
    • Then one day, a hero rose to challenge the manager in an epic that the prophets foresaw thousands of years ago.
    • The Bill foresees the appointment of a director of children's services who will be accountable for local authority education and children's social care needs.
    • And, all modesty aside, I'm good at foreseeing problems before they occur.
    • However, he foresees difficulties tomorrow night.
    Synonyms
    anticipate, predict, forecast, expect, envisage, envision, see, think likely
    foretell, prophesy, divine, prognosticate, augur
    literary foreknow, forebode
    Scottish archaic spae
    rare vaticinate, auspicate

Derivatives

  • foreseer

  • noun fɔːˈsiːə
    • They are sort of foreseers of our future, because they have already experienced what we have yet to face.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But the foreseers do not believe this is the last time a war over land will occur between these neighbors.
      • Some original editions wrote it with the term ‘predateurs’ while others use the term ‘prediteurs’ (foreseers).
      • If the inexpressibly terrible is a sign of modern times, then Goya is not the prophet of modernity but the ultimate foreseer of the modern nightmare.
      • ‘Take me to this magical foreseer you speak of,’ Goldwing ordered.

Origin

Old English foresēon (see fore-, see1).

Rhymes

absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee
 
 

Definition of foresee in US English:

foresee

verbfôrˈsēfɔrˈsi
[with object]
  • Be aware of beforehand; predict.

    we did not foresee any difficulties
    with clause it is impossible to foresee how life will work out
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is an interesting summary of the current big corruption scandal in Canadian politics here which foresees a new Canadian election soon.
    • Men expected to die before their wives, just as women foresaw a life after their husband's death in old age.
    • However, he foresees difficulties tomorrow night.
    • He also foresees a drop in monthly subscription, as the channels will start quoting more ‘realistic’ rates.
    • Contemporaries, of course, could not be expected to foresee the relative stability which lay ahead.
    • He foresaw an array of dangers and difficulties, including terrorist threats and serious economic problems.
    • Then one day, a hero rose to challenge the manager in an epic that the prophets foresaw thousands of years ago.
    • The Bill foresees the appointment of a director of children's services who will be accountable for local authority education and children's social care needs.
    • He also foresees an extra £14.1 million being lured into the city each year through increased conference trade and tourism spend outside.
    • Of course, by the early 1990s, you didn't need to be a prophet to foresee the fate of the Left.
    • He says that, ‘conceptually,’ he foresees no difficulty dealing with the impairment test.
    • And, all modesty aside, I'm good at foreseeing problems before they occur.
    • He foresaw an upsurge in violent incidents years ago, predicting their arrival at the end of this century.
    • He himself confidently predicted it, foreseeing a time when his books would be the subject of serious study and when he would be applauded for the novelty and depth of the insights they contained.
    • To me the word prophecy means something foretold, that could not have been foreseen by natural means.
    • He actually foresees a lengthy period in which the United States and China are likely to have rather cooperative relations.
    • That result was neither forecast nor foreseen by any of the pundits of that time.
    • Even so, they should have foreseen that responsibility before they were ready to conceive the child.
    • All this makes it impossible to foresee the likely development of Europe.
    • The old French prophet has foreseen England beating Italy in the world cup final!
    Synonyms
    anticipate, predict, forecast, expect, envisage, envision, see, think likely

Origin

Old English foresēon (see fore-, see).

 
 
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