foresight

foresight [fawr-sahyt, fohr-] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin noun

1. care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
2. the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
3. an act of looking forward.
4. knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
5. Surveying.
   1. a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
   2. (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.

Origin of foresight First recorded in 1250–1300, foresight is from the Middle English word forsight. See fore-, sight Related formsfore·sight·ed, adjectivefore·sight·ed·ly, adverbfore·sight·ed·ness, nounfore·sight·ful, adjectiveSynonyms for foresight 1. See prudence. 4. foreknowledge. Examples from the Web for foresightful Historical Examples of foresightful

The men who did the tasks were not creatures of the day, but foresightful beyond the average of mortals.

Domesticated Animals

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

British Dictionary definitions for foresightful foresight noun

1. provision for or insight into future problems, needs, etc
2. the act or ability of foreseeing
3. the act of looking forward
4. surveying a reading taken looking forwards to a new station, esp in levelling from a point of known elevation to a point the elevation of which is to be determinedCompare backsight
5. the front sight on a firearm

Derived Formsforesighted, adjectiveforesightedly, adverbforesightedness, noun Word Origin and History for foresightful foresight n.

c.1300, from fore- + sight (n.). Cf. German Vorsicht.