Meaning & use

foresee

verb·Academic

To be aware of or predict something before it happens.

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No one could have foreseen how quickly the small startup would grow into a global company.

Experts foresee a sharp rise in demand for electric vehicles over the next decade.

A note on using this word

Foresee is an irregular verb: its past tense is foresaw and its past participle is foreseen.

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