"foreseeing" meaning in English

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Noun

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 entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 74 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: foresee + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|foresee|ing}} 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
    Sense id: en-foreseeing-en-verb-yn2EMZWC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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