"foreseeable" meaning in English

See foreseeable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more foreseeable [comparative], most foreseeable [superlative]
Etymology: foresee + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|foresee|able}} foresee + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} foreseeable (comparative more foreseeable, superlative most foreseeable)
  1. able to be foreseen or anticipated Derived forms: foreseeably, for the foreseeable, unforeseeable, unforeseeably Translations (able to be foreseen or anticipated): previsible (Catalan), 可預知的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可预知的 (kě yùzhī de) (Chinese Mandarin), 可預見的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可预见的 (kě yùjiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 能預測的 (Chinese Mandarin), 能预测的 (néng yùcè de) (Chinese Mandarin), forudseelig (Danish), forudsigelig (Danish), voorzienbaar (Dutch), antaŭvidebla (Esperanto), ennustettava (Finnish), ennalta arvattava (Finnish), ennakoitavissa oleva (Finnish), prévisible (French), წინასწარგანჭვრეტადი (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭadi) (Georgian), პროგნოზირებადი (ṗrognozirebadi) (Georgian), vorhersehbar (German), absehbar (German), előre látható (Hungarian), belátható (Hungarian), borítékolható (Hungarian), fyrirsjáanlegur [masculine] (Icelandic), prevedibile (Italian), предвидлив (predvidliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), предви́димый (predvídimyj) (Russian), обозри́мый (obozrímyj) (Russian), previsible (Spanish), förutsebar (Swedish)

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