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foresight
[ fawr-sahyt, fohr- ]
noun
- care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
- an act of looking forward.
- knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
Synonyms:
- Surveying.
- a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
- (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.
foresight
/ 藞蹿蓴藧藢蝉补瑟迟 /
noun
- provision for or insight into future problems, needs, etc
- the act or ability of foreseeing
- the act of looking forward
- surveying a reading taken looking forwards to a new station, esp in levelling from a point of known elevation to a point the elevation of which is to be determined Compare backsight
- the front sight on a firearm
Derived Forms
- 藢蹿辞谤别藞蝉颈驳丑迟别诲濒测, adverb
- 藢蹿辞谤别藞蝉颈驳丑迟别诲, adjective
- 藢蹿辞谤别藞蝉颈驳丑迟别诲ness, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蹿辞谤别顎僺颈驳丑迟顎卐诲 adjective
- 蹿辞谤别顎僺颈驳丑迟顎卐诲路ly adverb
- 蹿辞谤别顎僺颈驳丑迟顎卐诲路ness noun
- 蹿辞谤别顎僺颈驳丑迟顎协耻濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of foresight1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
By luck or foresight, Barbeque 67 set the tone for what was to come.
Tara Kerin, a project scientist who works in pediatric infectious disease research at the Geffen School, told the crowd that 鈥渢hese cuts were made with no thought, no foresight and no reason.鈥
For the BBC, John Timpson - best known for presenting the Today programme - turned up with an instrument he had, with astonishing foresight, picked up while covering the Queen's recent trip to Ethiopia.
Critics question Germany's lack of foresight, or ability to move with the times.
鈥淓ven if you had perfect foresight, it would be hard to get the timing right.鈥
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