Foresight
noun
The ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future.
Thanks to his foresight, we brought enough food for the trip.
Often appears as...
- have foresight
- show foresight
noun
The front part of a gun, where you aim at your target.
He lined up the target in his foresight before firing.
Often appears as...
- gun foresight
- use the foresight
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future.
Thanks to his foresight, we brought enough food for the trip.
Often appears as...
- have foresight
- show foresight
noun
The front part of a gun, where you aim at your target.
He lined up the target in his foresight before firing.
Often appears as...
- gun foresight
- use the foresight
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Planning Ahead
Foresight refers to being prepared for the future by planning or thinking ahead.
Her foresight saved the company during hard times.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Using 'foresight' suggests someone is wise and responsible — it's considered a positive trait.
Your foresight in matters of finance is admirable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Psychic
'Foresight' is about logical predictions, not supernatural abilities to see the future.
Investors value foresight in market trends.
Pro Tip 1/3Planning Ahead
Foresight refers to being prepared for the future by planning or thinking ahead.
Her foresight saved the company during hard times.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Using 'foresight' suggests someone is wise and responsible — it's considered a positive trait.
Your foresight in matters of finance is admirable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Psychic
'Foresight' is about logical predictions, not supernatural abilities to see the future.
Investors value foresight in market trends.
Pro Tip 1/3Planning Ahead
Foresight refers to being prepared for the future by planning or thinking ahead.
Her foresight saved the company during hard times.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Using 'foresight' suggests someone is wise and responsible — it's considered a positive trait.
Your foresight in matters of finance is admirable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Psychic
'Foresight' is about logical predictions, not supernatural abilities to see the future.
Investors value foresight in market trends.
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How fear drives American...
what do you get? You get groupthink. Everybody has the same worldview, and any view from outside of the group is seen as a threat. That's a danger. You also have processes that become reactive to news cycles. And so the parts of the U.S. government that do foresight, that look forward, that do strategy --
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Edward Tenner:...
unfortunately, our ability to model their long-term behavior, which has also been increasing, has been increasing only arithmetically. So one of the characteristic problems of our time is how to close this gap between capabilities and foresight.
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The Gateway to Secret...
suddenly someone come to see them hey let your foresight on side and come with me i'm going to show them alive for decades hardly any coelacanths were spotted some were discovered in fishing nets but they didn't live long it was too deep
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Seth Berkley: HIV and...
because virtually no one in the developing world was vaccinated. So if we have the political and financial foresight to sustain our investments, we will master these and new tools of vaccinology, and with these tools we can produce
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Feeding Frenzy: Manta...
diving and snorkeling subject to strict controls I am really thrilled that the Maldivian government has had the foresight to recognize the importance of this unique site I'm also very excited by the recent news that the save our
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Grave Secrets of...
did something that was the most important thing and extremely how can I say the foresight was incredible he stopped stopped and thought this is something special it's probably best not to let the crew blast into it one of the
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HIV and flu -- the...
luckily this year's flu was relatively mild I say luckily in part because virtually no one in the developing world was vaccinated so if we have the political and financial foresight to sustain our investments we will master
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How we can build AI to...
or could be more problematic over time. If we all focus on opening up the discussion on AI with foresight towards the future, this will help create a general conversation and awareness
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The power to think ahead...
or to put down payments on the future by protecting communities from floods or fighting inequality or investing in research and education. The third mistake that impairs our foresight
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A Camera, Two Kids and a...
the youngest photographer here through through the the courage and foresight of Bob gilga he he gave me opportunities and I didn't completely fall on my sword
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How fear drives American...
what do you get? You get groupthink. Everybody has the same worldview, and any view from outside of the group is seen as a threat. That's a danger. You also have processes that become reactive to news cycles. And so the parts of the U.S. government that do foresight, that look forward, that do strategy --
Video examples
Edward Tenner:...
unfortunately, our ability to model their long-term behavior, which has also been increasing, has been increasing only arithmetically. So one of the characteristic problems of our time is how to close this gap between capabilities and foresight.
Video examples
The Gateway to Secret...
suddenly someone come to see them hey let your foresight on side and come with me i'm going to show them alive for decades hardly any coelacanths were spotted some were discovered in fishing nets but they didn't live long it was too deep
Video examples
Seth Berkley: HIV and...
because virtually no one in the developing world was vaccinated. So if we have the political and financial foresight to sustain our investments, we will master these and new tools of vaccinology, and with these tools we can produce
Video examples
Feeding Frenzy: Manta...
diving and snorkeling subject to strict controls I am really thrilled that the Maldivian government has had the foresight to recognize the importance of this unique site I'm also very excited by the recent news that the save our
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Grave Secrets of...
did something that was the most important thing and extremely how can I say the foresight was incredible he stopped stopped and thought this is something special it's probably best not to let the crew blast into it one of the
Video examples
HIV and flu -- the...
luckily this year's flu was relatively mild I say luckily in part because virtually no one in the developing world was vaccinated so if we have the political and financial foresight to sustain our investments we will master
Video examples
How we can build AI to...
or could be more problematic over time. If we all focus on opening up the discussion on AI with foresight towards the future, this will help create a general conversation and awareness
Video examples
The power to think ahead...
or to put down payments on the future by protecting communities from floods or fighting inequality or investing in research and education. The third mistake that impairs our foresight
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
the youngest photographer here through through the the courage and foresight of Bob gilga he he gave me opportunities and I didn't completely fall on my sword
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
We know that freedom has many dimensions. It is the right of the man who tills the land to own the land; the right of the workers to join together to seek better conditions of labor; the right of businessmen to use ingenuity and foresight to produce and distribute without arbitrary interference in a truly competitive economy.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has been the work exclusively of foresight and wisdom. They have all been the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances.
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Victor Cherbuliez
French Novelist
What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.
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Nicole Ari Parker
American Actress
Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.
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John Lennon
English Musician
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
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John Mott
American Leader
Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.
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Xun Kuang
Chinese Philosopher
If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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Rasika Dugal
Indian Actress
I don't have much foresight, and I think that's an asset for an actor.
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Thomas Hardy
English Novelist
Fear is the mother of foresight.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
We know that freedom has many dimensions. It is the right of the man who tills the land to own the land; the right of the workers to join together to seek better conditions of labor; the right of businessmen to use ingenuity and foresight to produce and distribute without arbitrary interference in a truly competitive economy.
Quote examples
Winston Churchill
British Statesman
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has been the work exclusively of foresight and wisdom. They have all been the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances.
Quote examples
Victor Cherbuliez
French Novelist
What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.
Quote examples
Nicole Ari Parker
American Actress
Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.
Quote examples
John Lennon
English Musician
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Quote examples
John Mott
American Leader
Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.
Quote examples
Xun Kuang
Chinese Philosopher
If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
Quote examples
Rasika Dugal
Indian Actress
I don't have much foresight, and I think that's an asset for an actor.
Quote examples
Thomas Hardy
English Novelist
Fear is the mother of foresight.
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