foresee UK /fɔːˈsiː/US /fɔɹˈsi/ verb2 •To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.A prudent man foreseeth the euill, and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe on, and are punished. — 1611 •(no longer used) To provide.Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. — 1625 formsforesaw · foreseen · foreseeing · foresees · foreseeth · foreseest