Meaning & use
foresaw
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Knew or realized something would happen before it did (past tense of foresee).
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No one foresaw how quickly the technology would become obsolete.
She foresaw the market downturn and sold her shares early.
A note on using this word
Foresee combines 'fore-,' meaning before, with 'see,' capturing the idea of mentally seeing an event ahead of time.
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predictedanticipatedforeknew
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