foreseeable

English

Etymology

foresee +‎ -able

Adjective

foreseeable (comparative more foreseeable, superlative most foreseeable)

1. able to be foreseen or anticipated

   This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.

   • 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:

     Whatever is decided, it is clear that Crossrail 2 must be regarded as a non-starter for the foreseeable future.

Derived terms

• foreseeably
• unforeseeable

Translations

able to be foreseen or anticipated

• Catalan: previsible
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可預知的／可预知的 (kě yùzhī de), 可預見的／可预见的 (kě yùjiàn de), 能預測的／能预测的 (néng yùcè de)

• Danish: forudseelig, forudsigelig
• Dutch: voorzienbaar
• Esperanto: antaŭvidebla
• Finnish: ennustettava, ennalta arvattava, ennakoitavissa oleva
• French: prévisible (fr)
• Georgian: წინასწარგანჭვრეტადი (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭadi), პროგნოზირებადი (ṗrognozirebadi)
• German: vorhersehbar (de), absehbar (de)
• Hungarian: előre látható, belátható (hu), borítékolható
• Icelandic: fyrirsjáanlegur (is) m
• Italian: prevedibile (it)
• Macedonian: предвидлив m (predvidliv)
• Russian: предви́димый (ru) (predvídimyj), обозри́мый (ru) (obozrímyj)
• Spanish: previsible
• Swedish: förutsebar (sv)

Noun

the foreseeable (uncountable)

1. Ellipsis of the foreseeable future.

   We'll have to make do with this for the foreseeable.