Foresee Definition

[v] realize beforehand
[v] picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
[v] act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Synonyms

anticipate, anticipate, counter, envision, foreknow, forestall, previse

See Also...

act, conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine, know, move

Related Terms

anticipate, apprehend, approach, augur, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, contemplate, descry, discern, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, draw near, draw on, dread, en

Misc. Definitions

\Fore*see"\, v. t. [AS. forese['o]n; fore + se['o]n to see. See {See}, v. t.]
1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. --Prov. xxii.
3.
2. To provide. [Obs.] Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. --Bacon.
\Fore*see"\, v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]