How do you use the word "foresight" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "foresight" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "foresight": The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all. Clear foresight contributed greatly to his success.

Foresight Meaning

/ˈfɔɹsaɪt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

nounThe ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.

Sentence Examples

The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all.

Clear foresight contributed greatly to his success.

They blamed me for my lack of foresight.

CEFR Practice Quiz

Having the ____ to save money helped them survive the crisis.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Thanks to her ____, she had saved enough money to cover all the unexpected medical expenses.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The rugged forhead that with graue foreſight / Welds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […]" — 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 1:

"In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: […]" — 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:

"The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force."" — 1960 March 26, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208:

"The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths." — 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:

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