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foresee

 
(fôr-sē', fōr-) pronunciation
tr.v., -saw (-sô'), -seen (-sēn'), -see·ing, -sees.
To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment.

foreseeable fore·see'a·ble adj.
foreseer fore·se'er n.

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The facility to perceive, know in advance, or reasonably anticipate that damage or injury will probably ensue from acts or omissions.

In the law of negligence, the foreseeability aspect of proximate cause — the event which is the primary cause of the injury — is established by proof that the actor, as a person of ordinary intelligence and circumspection, should reasonably have foreseen that his or her negligent act would imperil others, whether by the event that transpired or some similar occurrence, and regardless of what the actor surmised would happen in regard to the actual event or the manner of causation of injuries.

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IN BRIEF: Realize ahead of time.

pronunciation When it comes to the future, our task is not to foresee it, but rather to enable it to happen. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944)

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Common misspelling(s) of foreseeable

  • forseeable

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudse

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    overskuelig fremtid

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzien

Français (French)
v. tr. - prévoir

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    immédiat, prévisible

Deutsch (German)
v. - voraussehen

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    absehbare Zeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προβλέπω

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    προβλέψιμο μέλλον

Italiano (Italian)
prevedere

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    futuro prevedibile

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prever

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    futuro (m) previsível

Русский (Russian)
предвидеть

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    в обозримом будущем

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prever, anticipar

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    futuro próximo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förutse

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
预见, 预知

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    可预见的将来

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預見, 預知

idioms:

  • foreseeable future    可預見的將來

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 미리 알다, 예견하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 予知する, 見越す, 先見の明がある, 先を見通す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتنبأ ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צפה, חזה‬


 
 

 

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