foresight

foresight
Synonyms and related words:
ESP, actuarial prediction, acuity, acumen, acuteness, aftertime, afteryears, anticipation, apocalypse, apperception, approach, arrangement, astuteness, attack, beginnings, blueprint, blueprinting, by-and-by, calculation, canniness, care, caution, charting, circumspection, clairsentience, clairvoyance, cogency, conception, contrivance, course ahead, crystal ball, design, determinism, device, discernment, discreetness, discretion, disposition, distant future, earliness, early hour, early stage, enterprise, envisagement, eventuality, expectation, extrasensory perception, farseeingness, farsightedness, figuring, first crack, first stage, forearming, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, forehandedness, foreknowledge, foreshowing, foresightedness, foretelling, forethought, forethoughtfulness, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, game, graphing, ground floor, ground plan, guesswork, guidelines, head start, hereafter, idea, immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, improbability, incisiveness, insight, insurance, intention, intuition, layout, lineup, long-range plan, longheadedness, longsightedness, lucidity, mapping, master plan, measures, method, methodology, near future, offing, omen, operations research, organization, outlook, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, plan, planning, planning function, posteriority, prearrangement, precaution, precautions, precautiousness, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring, premonition, presage, presaging, prescience, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, prevenience, preventive measure, prevision, probability, procedure, prognosis, prognostication, program, program of action, project, promise, prophecy, prophesying, prospect, prospectus, protection, providence, provision, prudence, psychometry, rationalization, readiness, running start, safeguard, sagaciousness, sagacity, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, second sight, sensibility, setup, sixth sense, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, steps, steps and measures, strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, the big picture, the future, the morrow, the picture, the sweet by-and-by, time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, time to spare, tomorrow, trenchancy, vaticination, very beginning, vision, watchfulness, way, wisdom, working plan

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  • Foresight — or forethought may refer to: *planning *foresight (futures studies) *premonition *precognition *divinationproper names: * Foresight Exchange, an online prediction market using play money * Foresight Institute, an American nonprofit organization * …   Wikipedia

  • Foresight — Fore sight , n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought. [1913 Webster] This seems an unseasonable foresight. Milton …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foresight — (engl., zu deutsch „Blick in die Zukunft“ oder „Voraussicht“) ist der Name für: eine Linux Distribution, die auf rPath Linux basiert, siehe Foresight Linux eine gemeinnützige Organisation mit dem Ziel, die breite Öffentlichkeit über… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • foresight — I noun acumen, anticipation, astuteness, boding, clairvoyance, diligence, discernment, discretion, expectation, forecast, forethought, insight, omen, perception, perspicacity, portent, precaution, precognition, preconception, prediction,… …   Law dictionary

  • foresight — (n.) c.1300, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + SIGHT (Cf. sight) (n.). Cf. Ger. Vorsicht …   Etymology dictionary

  • foresight — forethought, providence, discretion, *prudence Analogous words: sagacity, perspicacity, shrewdness, astuteness (see corresponding adjectives at SHREWD): acumen, clairvoyance, *discernment, perception Antonyms: hindsight …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • foresight — [n] mental preparedness anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, longsightedness, perception,… …   New thesaurus

  • foresight — ► NOUN 1) ability to predict the future. 2) the application of care and attention to the likely outcome of something or to future needs. 3) the front sight of a gun. DERIVATIVES foresighted adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • foresight — [fôr′sīt΄] n. [ME, prob. transl. of L providentia] 1. a) the act of foreseeing b) the power to foresee 2. a looking forward 3. thoughtful regard or provision for the future; prudent forethought foresighted adj. foresightedly …   English World dictionary

  • Foresight — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Foresight >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 foresight foresight prospicience prevision long sightedness Sgm: N 1 anticipation anticipation Sgm: N 1 providence providence &c.(preparation) 673 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • foresight — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ perfect (esp. AmE) VERB + FORESIGHT ▪ have ▪ He had the foresight to bring in the chairs before the rain started …   Collocations dictionary

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