English
Etymology
From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque from providentia equivalent to fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht (“foresight”), Saterland Frisian Foarsicht (“caution”), West Frisian foarútsjoch (“foresight”), Dutch voorzicht (“foresight”), German Vorsicht (“caution; care; attention”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foresight (countable and uncountable, plural foresights)
- The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[1], Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: […]
2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68: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.
- the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
- (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future
- Azerbaijani: bəsirət, uzaqgörənlik
- Belarusian: прадба́чанне n (pradbáčannje)
- Bulgarian: предвиждане (bg) n (predviždane), предвидливост (bg) f (predvidlivost)
- Catalan: previsió (ca) f, clarividència (ca) f, presciència f, endevinació (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 先見之明/先见之明 (zh) (xiānjiànzhīmíng), 先見/先见 (zh) (xiānjiàn)
- Czech: prozíravost f, předvídavost f
- Danish: fremsynthed c
- Dutch: voorzichtigheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: antaŭvido
- Finnish: kaukokatseisuus (fi), harkitsevuus (fi)
- French: clairvoyance (fr) f, prévoyance (fr) f, prescience (fr) f
- Georgian: წინდახედულობა (c̣indaxeduloba), შორსმჭვრეტელობა (šorsmč̣vreṭeloba), წინასწარ განჭვრეტა (c̣inasc̣ar ganč̣vreṭa), გამჭრიახობა (gamč̣riaxoba), წინასწარგანჭვრეტა (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭa)
- German: Voraussicht (de) f, Hellsichtigkeit f, Weitsicht (de) f
- Greek: πρόνοια (el) f (prónoia)
- Ancient: πρόνοια f (prónoia)
- Irish: fadbhreathnaitheacht f, fadcheann m
- Italian: lungimiranza (it) f, preveggenza f, avvedimento m
- Japanese: 先見 (ja) (せんけん, senken), 予見 (ja) (よけん, yoken)
- Maori: matakite
- Plautdietsch: Väasecht f
- Polish: dalekowzroczność (pl) f, przezorność (pl) f, zapobiegliwość (pl) f
- Portuguese: presciência (pt) f
- Romanian: previziune (ro)
- Russian: предви́дение (ru) n (predvídenije), предусмотри́тельность (ru) f (predusmotrítelʹnostʹ)
- Slovak: predvídavosť, prezieravosť
- Spanish: previsión (es) f, profecía (es) f, adivinación (es), clarividencia (es) f, presciencia (es) f
- Swedish: framsynthet (sv) c
- Turkish: öngörü (tr)
- Ukrainian: передба́чення (uk) n (peredbáčennja), передба́чливість (uk) f (peredbáčlyvistʹ)
- Volapük: büologam (vo)
|
Anagrams