foresight

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ sight

Noun

foresight (uncountable)

1. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

   Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.

2. the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
3. (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object

Synonyms

• (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future): prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy

Antonyms

• hindsight

Derived terms

• foresightly
• foresighty

Translations

ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future

• Dutch: voorzichtigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: kaukokatseisuus (fi)
• French: clairvoyance (fr) f, prévoyance (fr) f
• German: Voraussicht (de) f, Hellsichtigkeit (de) f
• Greek: πρόνοια (el) (prónoia) f

• Irish: fadbhreathnaitheacht (ga) f, fadcheann (ga) m
• Italian: profezia (it), divinazione (it)
• Marathi: Doordrushti (mr) c
• Spanish: previsión (es) f, profecía (es) f, adivinación (es)
• Volapük: büologam (vo)

front sight on weapon

• Greek: στόχαστρο (el) (stóchastro) n

Related terms

• foresee
• backsight

Anagrams

• gift horse, gift-horse