Foresee vs. Foresight — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foresee and Foresight
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Foresee
To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict
Foresaw economic decline.
Foresight
The ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future
He had the foresight to check that his escape route was clear
Foresee
To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.
Foresight
The front sight of a gun.
Foresee
(obsolete) To provide.
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Foresight
A sight taken forwards.
Foresee
To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
Foresight
The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
Foresee
To provide.
Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
Foresight
Care in providing for the future
Spending all of your money at once shows little foresight.
Foresee
To have or exercise foresight.
Foresight
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
Foresee
Realize beforehand
Foresight
The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
Foresee
Picture to oneself; imagine possible;
I cannot envision him as President
Foresight
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Foresee
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Foresight
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Foresight
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable foresight.
A random expense, without plan or foresight.
Foresight
Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
Foresight
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
Foresight
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
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