foreseeable

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foreseeable

  • /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/ US
  • /fɚˈsi.ə.bəl/ US
  • /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/ UK
  • /fəˈsiː.ə.bəl/ UK

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From foresee + -able.

adjective more foreseeable · most foreseeable · forseeable

  1. Able to be foreseen or anticipated. This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: predictable, predictive, anticipatory, expected, anticipated, predicable, foregone, predictability, prospective, planned, probable, likely, possible, conceivable, forthcoming, upcoming

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adj able to be foreseen or anticipated

Españolprevisible
中文可預知的 /可预知的 kě yùzhī de, 可預見的 /可预见的 kě yùjiàn de, 能預測的 /能预测的 néng yùcè de
Françaisprévisible
Deutschvorhersehbar, absehbar
Italianoprevedibile
Românăprevizibil, anticipabil
Русскийпредви́димый predvídimyj, обозри́мый obozrímyj

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"foreseeable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foreseeable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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foreseeable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foreseeable

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"foreseeable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foreseeable.

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@misc{foreseeable_2026,
  title = {foreseeable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foreseeable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}