foresight

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque from providentia equivalent to fore- +‎ sight. Compare Scots foresicht (“foresight”), Saterland Frisian Foarsicht (“caution”), West Frisian foarútsjoch (“foresight”), Dutch voorzicht (“foresight”), German Vorsicht (“caution; care; attention”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːsaɪt/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈfo(ː)ɹsaɪt/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈfoəsaɪt/ Homophone: Forsyte (horse–hoarse merger) Hyphenation: fore‧sight === Noun === foresight (countable and uncountable, plural foresights) The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future. The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon. (surveying) A bearing taken forwards towards a new object. ==== Synonyms ==== (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future): prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy ==== Antonyms ==== hindsight ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== foresee backsight ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === gift horse