单词 | foresight |
释义 | foresight —foresighted, adj. —foresightedly, adv. —foresightedly, adv. —foresightedness, n. —foresightful, adj. /fawr"suyt', fohr"-/, n. 1. care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence. 2. the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience. 3. an act of looking forward. 4. knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future. 5. Survey. a. a sight or reading taken on a forward point. b. (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined. [1250-1300; ME forsight. See FORE-, SIGHT] Syn. 1. See prudence. 4. foreknowledge. |
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