foresight
Other forms: foresights
Use the noun foresight to describe successful planning for the future. When it starts raining hard during your long walk to school, you'll wish you had the foresight to bring an umbrella.
The word foresight is made of two parts: fore, which means "before," and sight, which means "to perceive." People often perceive things with their eyes: this is vision, or sight. But vision can also describe what someone thinks will happen in the future — and foresight is planning for things before they happen.
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seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
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synonyms:
farsightedness, prevision, prospicience
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type of:
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knowing
a clear and certain mental apprehension
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knowing
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providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
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synonyms:
foresightedness, foresightfulness
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types:
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vision
unusual ability to think ahead and plan creatively or wisely
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type of:
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providence
the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
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vision
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Vocabulary lists containing foresight
Having almost done this and almost been that his whole life in New York City, fifth-grader Albin Schaffhauser wants to figure out what he’s actually worth.
Eighth-grader Kevin can't help telling lies but when the lies pile up and get him into big trouble, he has to find a way to make things right — and end his lying streak.
This list covers "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," "Flowers for Algernon," and "Rules of the Game."
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