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Webster 1913 Edition
Foresight
Fore′sightˊ
,Noun.
1.
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Milton.
2.
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable
foresight
. Milton.
A random expense, without plan or
foresight
. Burke.
3.
(Surv.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foresight
FO'RESIGHT
,Noun.
1.
Prescience; foreknowledge; prognostication; the act of foreseeing.2.
Provident care of futurity; foreknowledge accompanied with prudence in guarding against evil.Definition 2025
foresight
foresight
English
Noun
foresight (countable and uncountable, plural foresights)
- The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
- the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
- (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Synonyms
- (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future): prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future
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front sight on weapon