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Foresee Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Foresee has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

realize beforehand

2

picture to oneself; imagine possible

"I cannot envision him as President"

3

act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

4

To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
know imagine act

Origin

The word "foresee" comes from Old English foresēon, which combined the prefix fore- with the verb seon to mean "to see beforehand." This original sense of seeing in advance has remained consistent through its evolution into Middle and Modern English.

Rhyming Words
see usee isee i see musee fusee upsee tosee unsee y'see insee hasee resee besee elysee yousee amusee abusee causee outsee
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