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Definition of foreseeable - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
generalable to be predicted from what is known now
- The company expects steady growth in the foreseeable quarter.
2.
predictionlikely to happen within a limited time ahead
- No major changes are foreseeable in the next few years.
3.
legalRare reasonably predictable as a likely result of an actRare
- The court found the injury was a foreseeable consequence of the design.
Expressions with foreseeable
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until further notice or change
The store will be closed for the foreseeable future.
within a time period that can be predicted
We expect the project to be completed in the foreseeable future.
Origin of foreseeable
Old English, fore (before) + seon (to see)
Terms with foreseeable included in their meaning
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unsolvable problem
problem without foreseeable solution
problem-solving
no foreseeable way to solve a problem
foreseeable
easy to foresee or anticipate
future
foreseeable future period with expected developments
Examples of foreseeable in a sentence
A price hike seems foreseeable after the merger. Further layoffs are foreseeable given the shrinking budget. A price hike is foreseeable before the holiday season. It was foreseeable that ignoring recalls would lead to injuries. The judge deemed the spill a foreseeable risk of the procedure.
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- French:prévisible, envisageable, ...
- German:vorhersehbar, voraussehbar, ...
- Italian:prevedibile, immaginabile a breve, ...
- Spanish:previsible, predecible a corto plazo, ...
- Portuguese:previsível, antevisível, ...
- Chinese:可预见的, 在可预见时期内的, ...
- Japanese:予見可能な, 予想される, ...
- Arabic:مَنْظُور, قابِل للتَّوَقُّع, ...
- Hebrew:צָפוּי, צָפוּי מֵרֹאשׁ, ...
- Russian:обозримый, разумно предвидимый, ...
- Ukrainian:передбачуваний, ймовірний у близькій перспективі, ...
- Hindi:पूर्वानुमेय, संभावित, ...
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