foreseeable

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US/fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/US/fɚˈsi.ə.bəl/UK/fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/UK/fəˈsiː.ə.bəl/

adjective

Able to be foreseen or anticipated.

“This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveforeseeable (comparative more foreseeable, superlative most foreseeable)

comparative more foreseeable · superlative most foreseeable · alternative forseeable

  1. Able to be foreseen or anticipated.

    This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.

    2 more examples

    “At current and foreseeable oil prices, the industry’s appetite to drill in ANWR will be exceptionally low and quite possibly will be zero,” Pavel Molchanov, energy analyst at Raymond James, told CNN Business.

    2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2023

    He reckoned the bodyshells were rock-solid, even after 20 years, as were the bogies. "We'll keep them running for the foreseeable future," he said. Rock-solid they may be, but the '185s' have been criticised for their weight.

    2026 April 1, Philip Haigh, “Close encounter with '185s' inside Ardwick depot...”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 42

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being anticipated

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian предвидим
  • предвидим (predvidim)able to be foreseen or anticipated
Catalan previsible
  • previsibleable to be foreseen or anticipated
Chinese Mandarin 可預知的 /可预知的, 可預見的 /可预见的
  • 可預知的 /可预知的 (kě yùzhī de)able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • 可預見的 /可预见的 (kě yùjiàn de)able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • 能預測的 /能预测的 (néng yùcè de)able to be foreseen or anticipated
Danish forudseelig, forudsigelig
  • forudseeligable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • forudsigeligable to be foreseen or anticipated
Dutch voorzienbaar
  • voorzienbaarable to be foreseen or anticipated
Esperanto antaŭvidebla
  • antaŭvideblaable to be foreseen or anticipated
Finnish ennustettava, ennalta arvattava
  • ennustettavaable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • ennalta arvattavaable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • ennakoitavissa olevaable to be foreseen or anticipated
French prévisible
  • prévisibleable to be foreseen or anticipated
German vorhersehbar, absehbar
  • vorhersehbarable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • absehbarable to be foreseen or anticipated
Hungarian előre látható, belátható
  • előre láthatóable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • beláthatóable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • borítékolhatóable to be foreseen or anticipated
Icelandic fyrirsjáanlegur
  • fyrirsjáanlegurable to be foreseen or anticipated
Italian prevedibile
  • prevedibileable to be foreseen or anticipated
Polish możliwy do przewidzenia
  • możliwy do przewidzeniaable to be foreseen or anticipated
Romanian previzibil, anticipabil
  • previzibilable to be foreseen or anticipated
  • anticipabilable to be foreseen or anticipated
Russian предви́димый, обозри́мый
  • предви́димый (predvídimyj)able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • обозри́мый (obozrímyj)able to be foreseen or anticipated
Spanish previsible
  • previsibleable to be foreseen or anticipated
Swedish förutsebar
  • förutsebarable to be foreseen or anticipated
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreseeable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreseeable.

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