Foresight — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɔːɹsaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɔːsaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɔːsaɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈɔːɹsaɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

foresightedness foresightfulness prevision prospicience farsightedness

Word Forms

foresighted	adjective	planning prudently for the future
foresightful	adjective	planning prudently for the future
previse	verb	realize beforehand
farsighted	adjective	planning prudently for the future
prospicient	adjective	planning prudently for the future

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Voraussicht

Vorsehung durch eine umsichtige Planung der Zukunft

🇫🇷French

prévoyance

la Providence en vertu d'une planification prudente pour l'avenir

🇪🇸Spanish

previsión

providencia en virtud de planificar prudentemente para el futuro

🇮🇹Italian

lungimiranza

provvidenza in virtù di una prudente pianificazione del futuro

🇳🇱Dutch

vooruitziende blik

voorzienigheid door een verstandige planning voor de toekomst

🇵🇹Portuguese

previsão

providência em virtude de planejar prudentemente para o futuro

🇷🇺Russian

предвидение

провидение благодаря разумному планированию будущего

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दूरदर्शिता

भविष्य के लिए विवेकपूर्वक योजना बनाने के आधार पर प्रोविडेंस

🇧🇩Bengali

দূরদর্শিতা

ভবিষ্যতের জন্য বিচক্ষণতার সাথে পরিকল্পনা করার কারণে প্রভিডেন্স

🇮🇳Tamil

தொலைநோக்கு பார்வை

எதிர்காலத்திற்காக விவேகத்துடன் திட்டமிடுவதன் மூலம் பாதுகாப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

దూరదృష్టి

భవిష్యత్తు కోసం వివేకంతో ప్రణాళిక వేయడం ద్వారా ప్రొవిడెన్స్

🇮🇳Marathi

दूरदृष्टी

भविष्यासाठी विवेकीपणे नियोजन केल्यामुळे प्रोव्हिडन्स

🇮🇳Gujarati

અગમચેતી

ભવિષ્ય માટે સમજદારીપૂર્વક આયોજન કરવાના આધારે પ્રોવિડન્સ

🇮🇳Kannada

ದೂರದೃಷ್ಟಿ

ಭವಿಷ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ವಿವೇಕಯುತವಾಗಿ ಯೋಜಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರಾವಿಡೆನ್ಸ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദീർഘവീക്ഷണം

ഭാവിയെക്കുറിച്ച് വിവേകപൂർവ്വം ആസൂത്രണം ചെയ്യുന്നതിനാൽ പ്രൊവിഡൻസ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੂਰਦਰਸ਼ਿਤਾ

ਭਵਿੱਖ ਲਈ ਸਮਝਦਾਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਯੋਜਨਾ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਪ੍ਰੋਵਿਡੈਂਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

دور اندیشی

مستقبل کے لیے احتیاط سے منصوبہ بندی کرنے کی وجہ سے پروویڈنس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

远见

审慎规划未来的天意

🇯🇵Japanese

先見の明

将来に向けて慎重に計画することによる摂理

🇰🇷Korean

선견

미래를 위해 신중하게 계획함으로써 섭리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tầm nhìn xa

sự quan phòng nhờ vào việc lập kế hoạch thận trọng cho tương lai

🇹🇭Thai

ความสุขุม

ความรอบคอบโดยอาศัยการวางแผนอย่างรอบคอบสำหรับอนาคต

🇮🇩Indonesian

tinjauan ke masa depan

pemeliharaan berdasarkan perencanaan yang bijaksana untuk masa depan

🇵🇭Filipino

pananaw sa kinabukasan

Providence sa bisa ng maingat na pagpaplano para sa hinaharap

🇲🇾Malay

berpandangan jauh

rezeki berdasarkan perancangan berhemat untuk masa hadapan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

البصيرة

العناية الإلهية بحكم التخطيط الحكيم للمستقبل

🇮🇷Persian

آینده نگری

مشیت به موجب برنامه ریزی محتاطانه برای آینده

🇹🇷Turkish

öngörü

gelecek için ihtiyatlı planlama sayesinde takdir

🇮🇱Hebrew

רְאִיַת הַנוֹלָד

השגחה מכוח תכנון נבון לעתיד

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The primary meaning of 'foresight' is 'providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future'.

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