Foresight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Perception of the significance and nature of events before they have occurred.
  • n. Care in providing for the future; prudence. See Synonyms at prudence.
  • n. The act of looking forward.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
  • n. the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
  • n. a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle.
  • n. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
  • n. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
  • n. Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
  • n. Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
  • n. Provident care; prudence in guarding against evil; precaution.
  • n. In surveying, a forward sight or reading of a leveling-staff; any bearing taken by a compass forward.
  • n. The sight on the muzzle of a gun.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  • n. providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    knowing    providence   
    Variant
    fore   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prescience    foreknowledge    prudence    anticipation    preview   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sagacity    forethought    perseverance    prudence    ingenuity   
     
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