foresee

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From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorsien — to anticipate
• Arabic: تَوَقَّعَ (tawaqqaʕa) — to anticipate
• Armenian: կանխատեսել (kanxatesel) — to anticipate
• Aromanian: prived — to anticipate
• Aromanian: pruved — to anticipate
• Bulgarian: предвиждам (predviždam) — to anticipate
• Bulgarian: предугаждам (predugaždam) — to anticipate
• Catalan: preveure — to anticipate
• Catalan: pronosticar — to anticipate
• Chinese Mandarin: 預知 /预知 (yùzhī) — to anticipate
• Chinese Mandarin: 預見 /预见 (yùjiàn) — to anticipate
• Czech: předvídat — to anticipate
• Danish: forudse — to anticipate
• Dutch: voorzien — to anticipate
• Esperanto: antaŭvidi — to anticipate
• Finnish: aavistaa — to anticipate
• Finnish: nähdä ennalta — to anticipate
• Finnish: ennustaa — to anticipate
• French: prévoir — to anticipate
• French: anticiper — to anticipate
• Galician: prever — to anticipate
• German: vorhersehen — to anticipate
• German: voraussehen — to anticipate
• Hebrew: צִפָּה (tsipá) — to anticipate
• Hungarian: előre lát — to anticipate
• Icelandic: sjá fyrir — to anticipate
• Indonesian: memperkirakan — to anticipate
• Italian: prevedere — to anticipate
• Japanese: 予見する (yoken suru) — to anticipate
• Japanese: 予測する (yosoku suru) — to anticipate
• Japanese: 見越す (mikosu) — to anticipate
• Japanese: 予知する (yochi suru) — to anticipate
• Latin: dīvīnō — to anticipate
• Latin: praevideō — to anticipate
• Latin: prōvideō — to anticipate
• Latin: prospicio — to anticipate
• Latvian: paredzēt — to anticipate
• Macedonian: предви́дува (predvíduva) — to anticipate
• Māori: matakite — to anticipate
• Māori: matapae — to anticipate
• Norwegian: forutse — to anticipate
• Polish: przewidywać — to anticipate
• Portuguese: prever — to anticipate
• Portuguese: prognosticar — to anticipate
• Quechua: t'ituy — to anticipate
• Romanian: prevedea — to anticipate
• Romanian: anticipa — to anticipate
• Russian: предви́деть (predvídetʹ) — to anticipate
• Russian: предвосхища́ть (predvosxiščátʹ) — to anticipate
• Russian: предвосхи́тить (predvosxítitʹ) — to anticipate
• Russian: предска́зывать (predskázyvatʹ) — to anticipate
• Russian: предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ) — to anticipate
• Russian: предусма́тривать (predusmátrivatʹ) — to anticipate
• Russian: предусмотре́ть (predusmotrétʹ) — to anticipate
• Slovak: Predvídať — to anticipate
• Slovene: predvidevati — to anticipate
• Slovene: predvideti — to anticipate
• Slovene: slutiti — to anticipate
• Spanish: prever — to anticipate
• Spanish: antever — to anticipate
• Swedish: förutse — to anticipate
• Turkish: öngörmek — to anticipate
• Volapük: büologön — to anticipate