foreseeing

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noun

The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.

OriginMiddle English foreseing →
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Meanings

foreseeing1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of foresee

foreseeing2

nounforeseeing (plural foreseeings)

plural foreseeings

  1. The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.

    But at other times my magic is a true magic, and my looking runs very lightly over all the days which are to come before my client has quite done with earth's daylight; and at these times I must tell, will I or will I not, the truth about my foreseeings […]

    1932, James Branch Cabell, These Restless Heads

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
prescient

Origin

foreseeing · verb

From foresee + -ing.

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foreseeing · noun

  1. Middle Englishforeseing
  2. Englishforeseeing

From Middle English foreseing, forseying, equivalent to foresee + -ing.

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