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