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foresight

Best crossword clue

"Future planning"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted efghiorstStarts with FEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

Word origin

From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: forethought
  • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
  • The rugged forhead that with graue foreſight / Welds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […]

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