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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Contingently :: Contingently (adv.) In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
Prevision :: Prevision (n.) Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.
Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..
Unexpectation :: Unexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.
Fortuitous :: Fortuitous (a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
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..
Improvident :: Improvident (a.) Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man..
Prospection :: Prospection (n.) The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight..
Longheaded :: Longheaded (a.) Having unusual foresight or sagacity.
Presciently :: Presciently (adv.) With prescience or foresight.
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a..
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Forewit :: Forewit (n.) Foresight; prudence.
Foresighted :: Foresighted (a.) Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.
Long-sighted :: Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing..
Outsee :: Outsee (v. t.) To see beyond; to excel in cer/ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.
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..
Improvidence :: Improvidence (n.) The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
Prospective :: Prospective (n.) Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state..
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