Foresight (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  2. the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
  3. an act of looking forward.
  4. knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
  5. Surveying.
    • a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
    • (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.
noun
  1. provision for or insight into future problems, needs, etc
  2. the act or ability of foreseeing
  3. the act of looking forward
  4. a reading taken looking forwards to a new station, esp in levelling from a point of known elevation to a point the elevation of which is to be determined
  5. the front sight on a firearm
Foresight (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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