Synonyms for foresee
fɔrˈsi, foʊr-fore·see

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1. foresee

   Synonyms:
   predict, anticipate, foretell, forecast, foreknow, forebode, divine

   Antonyms:
   reflect, remember, recollect, recurl

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1. anticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb

   realize beforehand

   Synonyms:
   predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forewarn, forestall, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, anticipate, foretell, forebode, expect, promise

2. envision, foreseeverb

   picture to oneself; imagine possible

   "I cannot envision him as President"

   Synonyms:
   see, visualise, fancy, anticipate, previse, foreknow, figure, counter, image, envision, forestall, project, picture, visualize

3. anticipate, foresee, forestall, counterverb

   act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

   Synonyms:
   predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, preclude, forestall, prevent, foreclose, forbid, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, anticipate, foretell, forebode, expect, promise

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1. • Act
   • Imagine
   • Know

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1. foreseeverb

   Synonyms:
   foreknow, forecast, forebode, see beforehand, have prescience of, be prescient of

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1. List of paraphrases for "foresee":

   predict, anticipate, envisage, forecast

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1. Nicholas Zachary:

   I don't foresee any kind of issue, it's happened before, they'll get it fixed and back and running fairly soon I imagine.

2. Barack Obama:

   We haven't even gotten to that point yet, because there has been no indication on the part of the North Koreans as there was with the Iranians that they could foresee a future in which they did not possess or were not pursuing nuclear weapons.

3. Jeremy Clarkson:

   I didn't foresee my sacking, but I would like to do one last lap, so I'll go down to Surrey, and I'll do one last lap of that track before the f ****** b ******* sack me.

4. Sergio Martin of Doctors:

   We foresee an increase in violence.

5. Jarrett Zielinski:

   We are as exposed as anyone else and thus providing our customers access to both Canadian class one railroads mitigates some of the risk associated with that exposure, however, with U.S. crude oil inventories at record levels and pipeline takeaway constraints mounting, we foresee increased demand for (crude by rail) services.