foresighted

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

fore•sight /ˈfɔrˌsaɪt/   n. [uncountable]

1. care or provision for the future:
   Through lack of foresight I had run out of money.
2. the act or power of foreseeing;
   knowledge or insight of the future;
   foreknowledge.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

fore•sight  (fôr′sīt′, fōr′-), n. 

1. care or provision for the future;
   provident care;
   prudence.
2. the act or power of foreseeing;
   prevision;
   prescience.
3. an act of looking forward.
4. knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward;
   a view of the future.
5. [Survey.]
   • Surveying a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
   • Surveying (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.

• Middle English forsight. See fore-, sight 1250–1300

fore′sight′ed, adj. 
fore′sight′ed•ly, adv. 
fore′sight′ed•ly, adv. 
fore′sight′ed•ness, n. 
fore′sight′ful, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. See prudence. 
• 4. foreknowledge.