foresight

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foresight

/ˈfɔɹsaɪt/ US
/ˈfɔːsaɪt/ UK
/ˈfo(ː)ɹsaɪt/
/ˈfoəsaɪt/

Sounds like Forsyte (horse–hoarse merger)

Where it comes from

From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).

noun foresights

countable, uncountable The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future. Near-synonym: forethought
Similar: prescience, forethought · Opposite: hindsight
countable, uncountable The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
Similar: foreknowledge, clairvoyance, precognition, prescience, divination, prophecy, psychicness
countable, uncountable The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun). Holonym: iron sights
Opposite: backsight, hindsight
countable, uncountable A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: foresightfulness, prediction, anticipation, forward-looking, forward-thinking, prospectively, anticipatory, prevision, prescience, forecast, predictive, prognosis, predicting, forethought, forecasting, expectation

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noun ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future

Español	previsión, profecía, adivinación, clarividencia, presciencia, desperteza
日本語	先見 senken, 予見 yoken
中文	先見之明 /先见之明 xiānjiànzhīmíng, 先見 /先见 xiānjiàn
Português	presciência
Français	clairvoyance, prévoyance, prescience
Deutsch	Voraussicht, Hellsichtigkeit, Weitsicht
Italiano	lungimiranza, preveggenza, avvedimento
Ελληνικά	πρόνοια prónoia
Română	previziune
Русский	предви́дение predvídenije, предусмотри́тельность predusmotrítelʹnostʹ

noun front sight on weapon

日本語	照星 shōsei
中文	準星 /准星 zhǔnxīng
Ελληνικά	στόχαστρο stóchastro
Русский	му́шка múška, визи́р vizír

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@misc{foresight_2026,
  title = {foresight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foresight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}