pre-see

verb

To foresee.

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Meanings

verbpre-see (third-person singular simple present pre-sees, present participle pre-seeing, simple past pre-saw, past participle pre-seen)

present singular third person pre-sees · participle present pre-seeing · past pre-saw · participle past pre-seen

  1. raretransitiveTo foresee.

    Or again, that man had once the faculty for pre-seeing the future, as he now has for remembering the past, but has lost it in great measure, on account of its biological undesirability?

    1938, K. W. Wild, Intuition

Origin

From pre- + see.

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APA

pre-see. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-see

MLA

“pre-see.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-see. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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