foreseeing 1 of 3

adjective

as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future some years ago the senator wrote a foreseeing essay on the threat of global terrorism

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foreseeing

2 of 3

noun

as in predicting

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foreseeing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of foresee
as in anticipating
to realize or know about beforehand a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen

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Recent Examples of foreseeing
Verb
Nevertheless, Patel remains optimistic, foreseeing a future where human creativity and critical thinking combine with AI's potential for endless possibilities. — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The survey is an indicator of companies foreseeing good conditions minus those feeling pessimistic. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 Perhaps foreseeing such a contentious contest, Pelosi's daughter Christine Pelosi, a longtime party organizer and attorney, opted to run for California state Senate in 2028 following her mother's retirement announcement. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 Arsenal anticipated potential managerial changes at rival clubs, foreseeing the departure of Jurgen Klopp from Liverpool, among others. — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026 Still, many business heads are upbeat, foreseeing a sense of continuity and a measure of economic reassurance and certainty ahead. — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 11 Feb. 2026 And Tester is foreseeing progress that goes far beyond the 2006 blue wave that swept him into office. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026 The designer wrote his master’s thesis on wearables, foreseeing how smart clothing and other technologies could become part of daily life even before wireless technologies like Wifi and Bluetooth were standard. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026 Since 2021, these companies have collaborated on research and development concerning sub-terahertz devices, foreseeing the dawn of the 6G era. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreseeing
  1. cautious
  2. predicting
  3. anticipating
  4. careful
  5. forecasting
  6. prescient
  7. foretelling
  8. proactive
Adjective
  • As the use of AI increases, financial experts say consumers should be cautious about fully trusting these tools.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Fed may be more cautious about raising interest rates at a time when the labor market appears less stable.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cautious
Noun
  • With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Definition of predicting
Verb
  • The memorial is funded by private donations, and the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation is anticipating to dedicate the memorial in late 2028.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But less accurate data, and less data collected overall, can prevent experts from accurately anticipating future events.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of anticipating
Adjective
  • Kurz said that the field team put careful consideration into selecting each site.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Steve Bardens/Getty Images Brighton & Hove Albion must be careful that the chill of winter does not arrive much earlier than normal for them this season in the Conference League.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of careful
Noun
  • Finally, the steel industry is rapidly adopting AI to revolutionize production, improving process control, safety, demand forecasting, and logistics, including robotic inspections.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The technologies that shape modern life, from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to cancer therapies and cellular communications, all rely on scientific discovery.
    — H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of forecasting
Adjective
  • For many, a world with machines in charge can be hard to imagine without movies and books and their sometimes prescient visions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • My book was meant to highlight both the personal and societal issues of early literacy deprivation, while tracking the prescient issue of increasing screen time dumbing down and dehumanizing society.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 21 July 2026
Definition of prescient
Noun
  • In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases .
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of foretelling
Adjective
  • The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.
    — Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That was the result of better efficiency for Disney’s skip-the-line service and more proactive ride maintenance, according to a Disney spokesperson.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of proactive

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