Foresight

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  • noun. The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
  • noun. Care in providing for the future.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
  • noun. Provident care; prudence in guarding against evil; precaution.
  • noun. In surveying, a forward sight or reading of a leveling-staff; any bearing taken by a compass forward.
  • noun. The sight on the muzzle of a gun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
  • noun. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
  • noun. Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
  • noun. Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
  • noun. the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
  • noun. a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  • noun. providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
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