(foresaw ) to think sth is going to happen in the future; to know about sth before it happens
SYNPREDICT:
[VN] We do not foresee any problems. * The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen. * [V(that)] No one could have foreseen (that) things would turn out this way. * [Vwh-] It is impossible to foresee how life will work out. [also VN-ing]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for foresee is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is foresee a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, foresee is tagged as verb.
Does foresee appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — foresee appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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