foresee

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fɔːrˈsiː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɔrˈsi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fôr sē′, fōr-)

Inflections of 'foresee' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
foresees
v 3rd person singular
foreseeing
v pres p
foresaw
v past
foreseen
v past p

Collocations for "foresee"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "foresee" in context.

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foresee

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. foresee the [danger, difficulty, costs, outcome]
  2. foresee the [future, change]
  3. foresaw [added, extra, increased] costs
  4. foresaw [imminent, impending, potential] danger
  5. foresee a [disaster, outbreak, famine]
  6. [experts, volunteers, doctors, analysts] foresee a [disaster]
  7. foresee with [certainty, conviction]
  8. foresee [how, when, where, what]
  9. foresee [what would, was going] to happen
  10. [impossible, difficult, unable] to foresee
  11. [forecasted, forewarned] and foreseen
'foresee' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
destiny - doom - environmental - nobody

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