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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•sight /ˈfɔrˌsaɪt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- care or provision for the future:Through lack of foresight I had run out of money.
- the act or power of foreseeing;
knowledge or insight of the future;
foreknowledge.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•sight (fôr′sīt′, fōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - care or provision for the future;
provident care;
prudence. - the act or power of foreseeing;
prevision;
prescience. - an act of looking forward.
- knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward;
a view of the future. - [Survey.]
- Surveyinga sight or reading taken on a forward point.
- Surveying(in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.
- Middle English forsight. See fore-, sight 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See prudence.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged foreknowledge.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: foresight /ˈfɔːˌsaɪt/ n - provision for or insight into future problems, needs, etc
- the act or ability of foreseeing
- the act of looking forward
- a reading taken looking forwards to a new station, esp in levelling from a point of known elevation to a point the elevation of which is to be determined
- the front sight on a firearm
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