"foreseeing" meaning in All languages combined

See foreseeing on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: foreseeings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English foreseing, forseying, equivalent to foresee + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foreseing}} Middle English foreseing, {{suffix|en|foresee|ing}} foresee + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreseeing (plural foreseeings)
  1. The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
    Sense id: en-foreseeing-en-noun-BdYduNzW Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree English foresee English -ing English foreseeing From foresee + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|foresee|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English foresee English -ing English foreseeing From foresee + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} foreseeing
  1. present participle and gerund of foresee Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: foresee Derived forms: foreseeingly, unforeseeing
    Sense id: en-foreseeing-en-verb-yn2EMZWC Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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