foresight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
Etymology: From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).
Inflected forms:
form: foresights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: forethought
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
The rugged forhead that with graue foreſight / Welds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […]
In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: […]
The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force."
The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.
gloss: The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Holonym: iron sights
gloss: A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: foresee
Derived words: foresighted
foresightful
foresightless
foresightly
foresighty
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bəsirət
lang: Azerbaijani
word: uzaqgörənlik
lang: Belarusian
word: прадба́чанне
roman: pradbáčannje
lang: Bulgarian
word: предвиждане
roman: predviždane
lang: Bulgarian
word: предвидливост
roman: predvidlivost
lang: Bulgarian
word: далнови́дност
roman: dalnovídnost
lang: Catalan
word: previsió
lang: Catalan
word: clarividència
lang: Catalan
word: presciència
lang: Catalan
word: endevinació
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 先見之明 /先见之明
roman: xiānjiànzhīmíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 先見 /先见
roman: xiānjiàn
lang: Czech
word: prozíravost
lang: Czech
word: předvídavost
lang: Danish
word: fremsynthed
lang: Dutch
word: voorzichtigheid
lang: Esperanto
word: antaŭvido
lang: Finnish
word: kaukokatseisuus
lang: Finnish
word: harkitsevuus
lang: French
word: clairvoyance
lang: French
word: prévoyance
lang: French
word: prescience
lang: Georgian
word: წინდახედულობა
roman: c̣indaxeduloba
lang: Georgian
word: შორსმჭვრეტელობა
roman: šorsmč̣vreṭeloba
lang: Georgian
word: წინასწარ განჭვრეტა
roman: c̣inasc̣ar ganč̣vreṭa
lang: Georgian
word: გამჭრიახობა
roman: gamč̣riaxoba
lang: Georgian
word: წინასწარგანჭვრეტა
roman: c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭa
lang: German
word: Voraussicht
lang: German
word: Hellsichtigkeit
lang: German
word: Weitsicht
lang: Greek
word: πρόνοια
roman: prónoia
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρόνοια
roman: prónoia
lang: Hawaiian
word: wānana
lang: Irish
word: fadbhreathnaitheacht
lang: Irish
word: fadcheann
lang: Italian
word: lungimiranza
lang: Italian
word: preveggenza
lang: Italian
word: avvedimento
lang: Japanese
word: 先見
roman: senken
lang: Japanese
word: 予見
roman: yoken
lang: Māori
word: matakite
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Väasecht
lang: Polish
word: dalekowzroczność
lang: Polish
word: przezorność
lang: Polish
word: zapobiegliwość
lang: Portuguese
word: presciência
lang: Romanian
word: previziune
lang: Russian
word: предви́дение
roman: predvídenije
lang: Russian
word: предусмотри́тельность
roman: predusmotrítelʹnostʹ
lang: Slovak
word: predvídavosť
lang: Slovak
word: prezieravosť
lang: Spanish
word: previsión
lang: Spanish
word: profecía
lang: Spanish
word: adivinación
lang: Spanish
word: clarividencia
lang: Spanish
word: presciencia
lang: Spanish
word: desperteza
lang: Swedish
word: framsynthet
lang: Turkish
word: öngörü
lang: Ukrainian
word: передба́чення
roman: peredbáčennja
lang: Ukrainian
word: передба́чливість
roman: peredbáčlyvistʹ
lang: Volapük
word: büologam