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foresee

/fɔɹˈsi/ verb B2
  1. To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.

He/she/it foresees · Past foresaw · Past participle foreseen · -ing form foreseeing

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Verb forms

Base form
foresee
He/she/it
foresees
Past
foresaw
Past participle
foreseen
-ing form
foreseeing

An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.

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As Danglars approached the disappointed lover, he cast on him a look of deep meaning, while Fernand, as he slowly paced behind the happy pair, who seemed, in their own unmixed content, to have entirely forgotten that such a being as himself existed, was pale and abstracted; occasionally, however, a deep flush would overspread his countenance, and a nervous contraction distort his features, while, with an agitated and restless gaze, he would glance in the direction of Marseilles, like one who either anticipated or foresaw some great and important event.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 23 · C1
It was not over the downfall of the man, but over the defeat of the Napoleonic idea, that they rejoiced, and in this they foresaw for themselves the bright and cheering prospect of a revivified political existence.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 42 · C1
There was no wound upon the dead man’s person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 82 · B2
A confederate who foresees your conclusions and course of action is always dangerous, but one to whom each development comes as a perpetual surprise, and to whom the future is always a closed book, is, indeed, an ideal helpmate.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2

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