foresee past tense foresaw

foresee past tense foresaw
past participle foreseen /-'si:n/ verb (T) to know that something is going to happen before it actually happens: The method was used in ways that could not have been foreseen by its inventors. | foresee that: Few analysts foresaw that oil prices would rise so steeply.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • foresee — fore|see [fo:ˈsi: US fo:r ] v past tense foresaw [ ˈso: US ˈso:] past participle foreseen [ ˈsi:n] [T] to think or know that something is going to happen in the future →↑predict ▪ I ve put your name on the list and I don t foresee any problems. ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • foresee — UK [fɔː(r)ˈsiː] / US [fɔrˈsɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms foresee : present tense I/you/we/they foresee he/she/it foresees present participle foreseeing past tense foresaw UK [fɔː(r)ˈsɔː] / US [fɔrˈsɔ] past participle foreseen UK [fɔː(r)ˈsiːn] / …   English dictionary

  • foresee — [fɔːˈsiː] (past tense foresaw [fɔːˈsɔː] ; past participle foreseen [fɔːˈsiːn] ) verb [T] to see or know something that will happen in the future Syn: predict …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • foresaw — UK [fɔː(r)ˈsɔː] US [fɔrˈsɔ] the past tense of foresee Thesaurus: irregular past tenseshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • fore|saw — «fr S, fohr », verb. past tense of foresee: »Mother foresaw our hunger and put up a big picnic lunch …   Useful english dictionary

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