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Foresight

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Noun

1. foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness

providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

2. farsightedness, foresight, prevision, prospicience

seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Foresight

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noun
1. 
provision for or insight into future problems, needs, etc
2. 
the act or ability of foreseeing
3. 
the act of looking forward
4. 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
5. 
the front sight on a firearm

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Foresight

see synonyms of foresight
noun
1. 
a. 
the act of foreseeing
b. 
the power to foresee
2. 
a looking forward
3. 
thoughtful regard or provision for the future; prudent forethought

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Foresight

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n.
1. The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
2. Care in providing for the future: Spending all of your money at once shows little foresight.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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