What is another word for foresaw?

Pronunciation: [fˈɔːsɔː] (IPA)

Foresaw is a verb that means predicted, anticipated, envisioned, or foretold. It is used to describe a situation where someone had a premonition or foresight about what was to come. Synonyms for foresaw include prognosticated, presaged, forecasted, envisaged, and anticipated. All these words convey the idea of forecasting or predicting what is going to happen. Foresaw can also be substituted for other words that convey similar meanings such as projected, predicted, guessed, and foresighted. No matter which synonym you choose, it is important to use the word that best conveys your intended meaning and fits the context of your sentence.

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Usage examples for Foresaw

At the following Passover He entered Jerusalem in the manner desired by His brethren, and the result, as He foresaw, was His death.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
She foresaw, that when Cro' Martin Castle fell into other hands, that her own career ceased, her occupation was gone, and that she should at once fashion out some new road, and conform herself to new habits.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
During the previous summer, when I foresaw a time of famine, I had taken my four last cartridges and hid them in my clothing.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Foresaw

  • The shrine is vowed to freedom, but, my friend, Freedom is but a means to gain an end. Freedom should build the temple, but the shrine Be consecrate to thought still more divine. The human bliss which angel hopes foresaw Is liberty to comprehend the law. Give, then, thy book a larger scope and frame, Comprising means and end in Truth's great name.
    Margaret Fuller
  • Aristotle, who foresaw so many things, never dreamed of the social truth. Cuvier, whose sagacity is so highly lauded, was constrained to yield homage to the genius of Aristotle in Natural History; for myself, who am at this date in full possession of social truth, in politics Aristotle only inspires me with profound pity.
    Aristotle
  • After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: "Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us, and that through these our hands, and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit, thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human family with new mercies". That is still a good prayer for all of us as we begin the twenty-first century.
    Freeman Dyson
  • For his Church Joachim of Fiore foresaw the continuance of the Papacy (much modified), but the bishops were to disappear. If I think at all of , then I hope and pray above all for a revival, indeed resurrection of the episcopal office. To my mind it is still a prisoner of its almost thousand-year long disastrous fusion with temporal power. Strange - only a few years ago I thought the Emperor Otto I just marvellous and was full of admiration for his genius in raising the bishops to - princes of the realm - thus securing an unshakeable foundation for his Empire. Politically it was a brilliant decision...Yet I can imagine no way in which a mortal enemy of the Church in all craft and cunning could have fastened a worse fate upon her...For how often was their charismatic office as overshadowed, indeed frequently rendered impossible, by their mission and worldly achievements..
    Ida Friederike Görres
  • I foresaw political correctness 43 years ago.They both want to control you.Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them.
    Ray Bradbury

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