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foresee

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of foresee

to realize or know about beforehand
  • a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen
Synonyms of foresee

anticipate, divine, foreknow, prevision
Words Related to foresee

augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

envisage, envision, foreshadow, prefigure, visualize

alert, caution, foretoken, forewarn

preview

descry, discern, perceive

apprehend, dread, fear

Synonym Discussion of foresee

foresee, foreknow, divine, anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience.
    • economists should have foreseen the recession
foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation.
    • if only we could foreknow our own destinies
divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment.
    • was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war
anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens.
    • the waiter anticipated our every need

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