Predict vs. Foresee — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Predict and Foresee
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Predict
To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
Predicted an active hurricane season because of warmer ocean-surface temperatures.
Foresee
To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict
Foresaw economic decline.
Predict
To foretell something.
Foresee
To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.
Predict
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
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Foresee
(obsolete) To provide.
Predict
To imply.
Foresee
To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
Predict
(intransitive) To make predictions.
Foresee
To provide.
Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
Predict
To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
Foresee
To have or exercise foresight.
Predict
(obsolete) A prediction.
Foresee
Realize beforehand
Predict
To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
Foresee
Picture to oneself; imagine possible;
I cannot envision him as President
Predict
A prediction.
Foresee
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Predict
Make a prediction about; tell in advance;
Call the outcome of an election
Predict
Indicate by signs;
These signs bode bad news
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