foresight

English

Noun

foresight (uncountable)

1. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

   Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.

Synonyms

• (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future): prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy
• the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
• (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object

Antonyms

• hindsight

Derived terms

• foresightly
• foresighty

Translations

ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future

Dutch: voorzichtigheid (nl) f. Finnish: kaukokatseisuus (fi) French: prophétie (fr), divination (fr) German: Voraussicht (de) f. Greek: πρόνοια (el) (prónoia) f.

Italian: profezia (it), divinazione (it) Marathi: Doordrushti (mr) c. Spanish: previsión (es) f., profecía (es) f., adivinación (es) Volapük: büologam (vo)

front sight on weapon

Greek: στόχαστρο (el) (stóchastro) n.

Related terms

• foresee
• backsight

Anagrams

• gift horse, gift-horse