foresight
English
noun
Definitions
- 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
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forsight pre from English sight.
Origin
English
sight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backsight English
- blindsight English
- bombsight English
- boresight English
- daysight English
- desight English
- eyesight English
- farsight English
- foresightful English
- foresightfully English
- foresightfulness English
- foresightless English
- foresightlessness English
- foresightly English
- foresighty English
- gunsight English
- hindsight English
- insight English
- mindsight English
- missight English
- onsight English
- outsight English
- oversight English
- oversightly English
- rearsight English
- resight English
- see English
- sight English
- sight-reader English
- sightability English
- sightable English
- sighten English
- sighter English
- sightful English
- sightholder English
- sighthole English
- sighthound English
- sightless English
- sightline English
- sightly English
- sightproof English
- sightscreen English
- sightseeing English
- sightseer English
- sightsman English
- sightwise English
- supersight English
- unsight English
- unsightable English
- Sicht German
- Vorsicht German
- Vorsichtsmaßnahme German
- vorsichtshalber German
- voor Dutch, Flemish
- voorzicht Dutch, Flemish
- voorzichtig Dutch, Flemish
- zicht Dutch, Flemish
- forsight Middle English
- siȝht Middle English
- Foarsicht Saterland Frisian
- Sicht Saterland Frisian
- foarsichtich Saterland Frisian
- see
- sight
- unsight
- onsight
- sighten
- desight
- sighter
- sightly
- insight
- resight
- daysight
- sightful
- eyesight
- gunsight
- missight
- outsight
- farsight
- oversight
- sighthole
- boresight
- sightless
- backsight
- sightseer
- sightsman
- sightline
- mindsight
- hindsight
- sightwise
- rearsight
- sightable
- bombsight
- sighthound
- supersight
- foresighty
- sightproof
- blindsight
- foresightly
- sightseeing
- sightscreen
- sightholder
- unsightable
- oversightly
- foresightful
- sight-reader
- sightability
- foresightless
- foresightfully
- foresightfulness
- foresightlessness