Definition of foresight

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Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..

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Improvident :: Improvident (a.) Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man..
Contingently :: Contingently (adv.) In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
Foresighted :: Foresighted (a.) Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.
Farseeing :: Farseeing (a.) Having foresight as regards the future.
Outsee :: Outsee (v. t.) To see beyond; to excel in cer/ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.
Long-sighted :: Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing..
Prejudice :: Prejudice (n.) Foresight.
Forewit :: Forewit (n.) Foresight; prudence.
Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..
Prescience :: Prescience (n.) Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
Providence :: Providence (n.) Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience..
Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
Prospection :: Prospection (n.) The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight..
Longheaded :: Longheaded (a.) Having unusual foresight or sagacity.
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
Prevision :: Prevision (n.) Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a..
Unexpectation :: Unexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.
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