"forsee" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: forsees [present, singular, third-person], forseeing [participle, present], forsaw [past], forseen [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- + see. Compare Old Saxon farsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forseen}} Middle English forseen, {{inh|en|ang|forsēon||to look down upon, despise}} Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), {{prefix|en|for|see}} for- + see, {{cog|osx|farsehan}} Old Saxon farsehan, {{cog|goh|farsehan}} Old High German farsehan, {{cog|gmh|versehen}} Middle High German versehen Head templates: {{en-verb|forsees|forseeing|forsaw|forseen}} forsee (third-person singular simple present forsees, present participle forseeing, simple past forsaw, past participle forseen)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-forsee-en-verb-IGzG8xSu Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 19 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 21 40
  2. Alternative spelling of foresee Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: foresee
    Sense id: en-forsee-en-verb-xws9z-wA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 19 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 21 40
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To oversee; superintend; direct. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-forsee-en-verb-tZKosMgP Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 19 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 21 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: foresee

Inflected forms

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