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Word entry · 7 letters

foresee

Best crossword clue

"Know in advance"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /fɔɹˈsi/Part of speech verbSorted eeeforsStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To predict or know about something before it happens.

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.
  • Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.
  • "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."

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