"foresee" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɔɹˈsi/ [General-American], /fɔːˈsiː/ [UK] Audio: en-us-foresee.ogg [US] Forms: foresees [present, singular, third-person], foreseeing [participle, present], foresaw [past], foreseen [participle, past]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foreseen}} Middle English foreseen, {{m|enm|forseen}} forseen, {{inh|en|ang|foresēon}} Old English foresēon, {{pre|en|fore|see}} fore- + see, {{noncog|nl|voorzien}} Dutch voorzien, {{noncog|de|vorsehen}} German vorsehen, {{noncog|la|prōvideō}} Latin prōvideō, {{m|en|provide}} provide, {{m|en|purvey}} purvey, {{noncog|grc|πρόοιδα}} Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), {{noncog|pl|przewidzieć}} Polish przewidzieć, {{noncog|ru|провидеть}} Russian провидеть (providetʹ) Head templates: {{en-verb|foresees|foreseeing|foresaw|foreseen}} foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)
  1. To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict. Translations (to anticipate): تَوَقَّعَ (tawaqqaʕa) (Arabic), կանխատեսել (kanxatesel) (Armenian), prived (Aromanian), pruved (Aromanian), предвиждам (predviždam) (Bulgarian), предугаждам (predugaždam) (Bulgarian), preveure (Catalan), pronosticar (Catalan), 預知 (Chinese Mandarin), 预知 (yùzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 預見 (Chinese Mandarin), 预见 (yùjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), předvídat (Czech), forudse (Danish), voorzien (Dutch), antaŭvidi (Esperanto), aavistaa (Finnish), nähdä ennalta (Finnish), ennustaa (Finnish), prévoir (French), anticiper (French), prever (Galician), vorhersehen (German), voraussehen (German), לצפות (Hebrew), előre lát (Hungarian), sjá fyrir (Icelandic), memperkirakan (Indonesian), prevedere (Italian), 予見する (yoken suru) (alt: よけんする) (Japanese), 予測する (yosoku suru) (alt: よそくする) (Japanese), 見越す (mikosu) (alt: みこす) (Japanese), 予知する (yochi suru) (alt: よちする) (Japanese), dīvīnō (Latin), praevideō (Latin), prōvideō (Latin), prospicio (Latin), paredzēt (Latvian), предви́дува (predvíduva) (Macedonian), matakite (Maori), matapae (Maori), forutse (Norwegian), przewidywać (Polish), prever (Portuguese), prognosticar (Portuguese), t'ituy (Quechua), prevedea (Romanian), anticipa (Romanian), предви́деть (predvídetʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предвосхища́ть (predvosxiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предвосхи́тить (predvosxítitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), предска́зывать (predskázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), предусма́тривать (predusmátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предусмотре́ть (predusmotrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), Predvídať (Slovak), predvidevati (Slovene), predvideti [perfective] (Slovene), slutiti (Slovene), pronosticar (Spanish), prever (Spanish), antever (Spanish), förutse (Swedish), öngörmek (Turkish), büologön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-foresee-en-verb-LvzuiUXt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'to anticipate': 96 4
  2. (obsolete) To provide. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-foresee-en-verb-EpV~5CNg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foreseeable Related terms: forsee, unforeseen

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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "yùjiàn",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "předvídat"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "forudse"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "voorzien"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "antaŭvidi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "aavistaa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "nähdä ennalta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "ennustaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prévoir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "anticiper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "vorhersehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "voraussehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "לצפות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "előre lát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "sjá fyrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "memperkirakan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prevedere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "よけんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yoken suru",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "予見する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "よそくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yosoku suru",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "予測する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "みこす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mikosu",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "見越す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "よちする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yochi suru",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "予知する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "dīvīnō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "praevideō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prōvideō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prospicio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "paredzēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "predvíduva",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "предви́дува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "matakite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "matapae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "forutse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "przewidywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prognosticar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "t'ituy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prevedea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "anticipa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predvídetʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "предви́деть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predvosxiščátʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "предвосхища́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predvosxítitʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "предвосхи́тить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predskázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "предска́зывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predskazátʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "предсказа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predusmátrivatʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "предусма́тривать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predusmotrétʹ",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "предусмотре́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "Predvídať"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "predvidevati"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "to anticipate",
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          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "pronosticar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "prever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "antever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "förutse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "öngörmek"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to anticipate",
          "word": "büologön"
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        "To provide."
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        "(obsolete) To provide."
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      "ipa": "/fɔːˈsiː/",
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English irregular verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms prefixed with fore-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iː",
    "Rhymes:English/iː/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "foreseeable"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "foreseen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English foreseen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "forseen"
      },
      "expansion": "forseen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "foresēon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English foresēon",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fore",
        "3": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "fore- + see",
      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "voorzien"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch voorzien",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "vorsehen"
      },
      "expansion": "German vorsehen",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prōvideō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin prōvideō",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "provide"
      },
      "expansion": "provide",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "purvey"
      },
      "expansion": "purvey",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πρόοιδα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "przewidzieć"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish przewidzieć",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "провидеть"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian провидеть (providetʹ)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foresees",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foreseeing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foresaw",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foreseen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "foresees",
        "2": "foreseeing",
        "3": "foresaw",
        "4": "foreseen"
      },
      "expansion": "foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fore‧see"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "forsee"
    },
    {
      "word": "unforeseen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter",
          "text": "\"I foresee in this,\" he says, \"the breaking up of our profession.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "beforehand",
          "beforehand"
        ],
        [
          "anticipate",
          "anticipate"
        ],
        [
          "predict",
          "predict"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To provide."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɹˈsi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːˈsiː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-foresee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-us-foresee.ogg/En-us-foresee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-us-foresee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tawaqqaʕa",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "تَوَقَّعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kanxatesel",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "կանխատեսել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prived"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "pruved"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predviždam",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "предвиждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predugaždam",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "предугаждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "preveure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "pronosticar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "預知"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùzhī",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "预知"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "預見"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùjiàn",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "预见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "předvídat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "forudse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "voorzien"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "antaŭvidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "aavistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "nähdä ennalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "ennustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prévoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "anticiper"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prever"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "vorhersehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "voraussehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "לצפות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "előre lát"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "sjá fyrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "memperkirakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prevedere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よけんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yoken suru",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "予見する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よそくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yosoku suru",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "予測する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みこす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mikosu",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "見越す"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よちする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yochi suru",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "予知する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "dīvīnō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "praevideō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prōvideō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prospicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "paredzēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "predvíduva",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "предви́дува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "matakite"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "matapae"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "forutse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "przewidywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prever"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prognosticar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "t'ituy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prevedea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "anticipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvídetʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предви́деть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvosxiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предвосхища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvosxítitʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предвосхи́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predskázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предска́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predskazátʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предсказа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predusmátrivatʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предусма́тривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predusmotrétʹ",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предусмотре́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "Predvídať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "predvidevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "predvideti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "slutiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "pronosticar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "prever"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "antever"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "förutse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "öngörmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to anticipate",
      "word": "büologön"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foresee"
}

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