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Definition of foresee verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

foresee

 verb
verb
NAmE//fɔrˈsi//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they foresee
 
he / she / it foresees
 
past simple foresaw
 
past participle foreseen
 
-ing form foreseeing
 
 
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to think something is going to happen in the future; to know about something before it happens synonym predict foresee something We do not foresee any problems. The extent of the damage could not have been foreseen. foresee (that)… No one could have foreseen that things would turn out this way. foresee how, what, etc… It is impossible to foresee how life will work out. foresee somebody/something doing something I just didn't foresee that happening. compare unforeseen
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