foresee
To know something will happen before it actually does.
foresee in a sentence
- Nobody could foresee that the tiny stream would flood the whole village by morning.
- No one could foresee that the little school cake sale would raise a thousand pounds.
Words that mean something similar
predict, expect, forecast
More words about thinking & learning
- fundamental: Forming the most important base of something.
- heed: To pay careful attention to advice or a warning.
- ignorant: Not knowing about something, often because you have not been told or taught.
- illusion: Something that tricks your eyes or mind into believing what is not real.
- imaginative: Full of new and clever ideas.
- immerse: To put something completely under a liquid, or to get lost in an activity.
- improvise: To make or do something on the spot without preparing.
- infer: To work out something that has not been said directly.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test