Synonyms for foresee
fɔrˈsi, foʊr-fore·see

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1. foresee

   Synonyms:
   predict, anticipate, foretell, forecast, foreknow, forebode, divine

   Antonyms:
   reflect, remember, recollect, recurl

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1. anticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb

   realize beforehand

   Synonyms:
   predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forewarn, forestall, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, anticipate, foretell, forebode, expect, promise

2. envision, foreseeverb

   picture to oneself; imagine possible

   "I cannot envision him as President"

   Synonyms:
   see, visualise, fancy, anticipate, previse, foreknow, figure, counter, image, envision, forestall, project, picture, visualize

3. anticipate, foresee, forestall, counterverb

   act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

   Synonyms:
   predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, preclude, forestall, prevent, foreclose, forbid, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, anticipate, foretell, forebode, expect, promise

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Imagine
   • Know

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1. foreseeverb

   Synonyms:
   foreknow, forecast, forebode, see beforehand, have prescience of, be prescient of

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1. List of paraphrases for "foresee":

   predict, anticipate, envisage, forecast

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How to use foresee in a sentence?

1. Jim Warren:

   We don’t foresee the market tanking, we foresee steady growth, after all the hype is gone, we are still living here. We’re going to have to figure it out because this is our home.

2. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt:

   There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end.

3. Lara Sweet:

   We do not foresee a sequential decline in daily active users in Q1 2019.

4. Maria Celia Estavillo:

   The relationships continue, ours is a very old bank and the relationships are long standing, so I don't foresee our relationships would be discontinued. I guess there were questions that we answered.

5. Mikhail Leontiev:

   There is a question of conditions - when the conditions are defined. And once the conditions foresee equal treatment of all the market participants... we will consider it.