foresight

Roget category 510

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.6. Extension of thought
›› 4.6.2. To the future

#510. Foresight

noun

foresight, prospicience^†, prevision, long-sightedness — anticipation — providence etc. (preparation) 673.
forethought, forecast — predeliberation^†, presurmise^† — foregone conclusion etc. (prejudgment) 481 — prudence etc. (caution) 864.
foreknowledge — prognosis — precognition, prescience, prenotion^†, presentiment — second sight — sagacity etc. (intelligence) 498 — antepast^†, prelibation^†, prophasis^†.
prospect etc. (expectation) 507 — foretaste — prospectus etc. (plan) 626.

verb

foresee — look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond — scent from afar — look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future.
see one's way — see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps.
anticipate — expect etc. 507 — be beforehand etc. (early) 132 — predict etc. 511 — foreknow, forejudge, forecast — presurmise^† — have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance — respicere finem [Lat.] — keep a sharp lookout etc. (vigilance) 459 — forewarn etc. 668.

adjective

foreseeing etc. v. — prescient — farseeing, farsighted — sagacious etc. (intelligent) 498 — weatherwise^† — provident etc. (prepared) 673 — prospective etc. 507.

adverb

against the time when.

phrase

cernit omnia Deus vindex [Lat.] — mihi cura futuri [Lat.] — run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.

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