Is It Foreseen or Foresaw?

Sarah Jenkins
Sarah Jenkins
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrange1 /Reɪndʒ/ ●●●...

Is It Foreseen or Foresaw?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrange1 /reɪndʒ/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun 1 variety of things/people [countable usually singular] a number of people or things that are all different, but are all of the same general typerange of a range of services The drug is effective against a range of bacteria.
fore‧see /fɔːˈsiː $ fɔːr-/ ●○○ verb (past tense foresaw /-ˈsɔː $ -ˈsɒː/, past participle foreseen /-ˈsiːn/) [transitive] to think or know that something is going to happen in the future → predict I've put your name on the list and I don't foresee any problems.

Would have foreseen or foresaw?

: to see (something, such as a development) beforehand He could not have foreseen the consequences of his actions. She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.

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Is there a word foresaw?

To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict: foresaw economic decline. fore·see′a·ble adj. fore·se′er n.

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