Meaning

2 senses

  1. To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.

  2. (obsolete)To provide.

    vorhersehen, voraussehen

    предви́детьpredvídetʹ, предвосхища́тьpredvosxiščátʹ, предвосхи́титьpredvosxítitʹ

More definitions
  • picture to oneself; imagine possible
  • act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
  • realize beforehand

Examples

54 sentences

  1. We should've foreseen this.

    Ми мали б це передбачити. — deniko

    ruНам следовало это предвидеть. — marafon

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  2. I didn't foresee this turn of events.

    ruЯ не ожидала такого поворота событий. — afyodor

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  3. There's no way to foresee the consequences.

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  4. Nobody can foresee when the war will end.

    ruНикто не предскажет, когда закончится война. — arseniiv

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  5. I should've foreseen this.

    ruЯ должен был это предвидеть. — Afonkin

    deDas hätte ich ahnen können. — raggione

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to anticipate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to anticipate:

Origin

From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + se

From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).

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Forms

foresees, foreseeing, foresaw, foreseen
Base formforesee · to foresee
3rd person singularforesees
Present participleforeseeing
Past simpleforesaw
Past participleforeseen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforesee
he, she, itforesees

Past simpleLesson

all personsforesaw

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave foreseen
he, she, ithas foreseen

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill foresee

Synonyms

8 synonyms
anticipateB2predictA2thinkA1
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelatedunforeseenB2forsee
Derivedforeseeabilityforeseeableforeseer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forensicsforeplayforerunnerforeseeableforeshadowforesight

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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