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foresee

fore·see [ fawr s ] (past fore·saw [ fawr sáw ], past participle fore·seen [ fawr sn ], present participle fore·see·ing, 3rd person present singular fore·sees)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
predict: to know or expect that something is going to happen before it does
He couldn't have foreseen the consequences of his actions.


fore·see·a·ble adjective
fore·see·a·bly adverb
fore·se·er noun
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