Standard Lemma guide

foreseeable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/
  • General-American: /fɚˈsi.ə.bəl/
  • UK: /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/
  • UK: /fəˈsiː.ə.bəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F AO0 R S IY1 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be foreseen or anticipated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

capable of being anticipated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • foreseeable costs were well within the budget

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From foresee + -able.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предвидим (predvidim) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Catalan: previsible — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可預知的 /可预知的 (kě yùzhī de) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可預見的 /可预见的 (kě yùjiàn de) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 能預測的 /能预测的 (néng yùcè de) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Danish: forudseelig — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Danish: forudsigelig — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Dutch: voorzienbaar — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Esperanto: antaŭvidebla — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Finnish: ennustettava — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Finnish: ennalta arvattava — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Finnish: ennakoitavissa oleva — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • French: prévisible — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Georgian: წინასწარგანჭვრეტადი (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭadi) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Georgian: პროგნოზირებადი (ṗrognozirebadi) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • German: vorhersehbar — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • German: absehbar — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Hungarian: előre látható — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Hungarian: belátható — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Hungarian: borítékolható — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Icelandic: fyrirsjáanlegur — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Italian: prevedibile — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Macedonian: предвидлив (predvidliv) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Romanian: previzibil — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Romanian: anticipabil — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Russian: предви́димый (predvídimyj) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Russian: обозри́мый (obozrímyj) — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Serbo-Croatian: предвидљив — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Serbo-Croatian: наслућив — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Serbo-Croatian: predvidljiv — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Serbo-Croatian: naslućiv — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Spanish: previsible — able to be foreseen or anticipated
  • Swedish: förutsebar — able to be foreseen or anticipated
Real reading context

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