ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary Builder›Words›F›foresee
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foresee
to know or realize something will happen before it does
Synonyms
- predict
- anticipate
- foretell
foresee in a sentence
No one could foresee how quickly the small startup would become successful.
Nobody had foreseen that the small coding error would eventually crash the entire company's website for hours.
Where it comes from
From Old English foreseon 'to see beforehand'
Memory hook
FORESEE — 'FORE' + 'SEE' means to see ahead of time, like a golfer's warning shout.
Read it in context
- The Locker Choice Narrative