foresight
/ˈfɔɹsaɪt/ sustantivo C1En español: previsión, profecía, adivinación, clarividencia
- The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future. · Near-synonym: forethought· Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
- The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
- The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun). · Holonym: iron sights
- A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.
Plural foresights
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“No, sire, for that would only betoken for us seven years of plenty and seven years of scarcity; and with a king as full of foresight as your majesty, scarcity is not a thing to be feared.”
I heard a little sigh of satisfaction as he cuddled the butt into his shoulder; and saw that amazing target, the black man on the yellow ground, standing clear at the end of his foresight.
“But you are a man of foresight and prudence, therefore you sent your luggage on before you.
All that evening nothing was spoken of but the foresight of Danglars, who had sold his shares, and of the luck of the stock-jobber, who only lost five hundred thousand francs by such a blow.
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