foresaw
Knew in advance
Foresaw is the past tense of foresee—to know or predict something before it happens.
No one foresaw the crash.
She foresaw difficulties with the merger.
The word implies anticipation rather than mere guessing, suggesting genuine insight or warning signs that made the future visible.
Foretelling of future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
vision · revelation · soothsaying · augury · seer · sibyl · omen · portent
Declared in advance
- projectedCast outward or forecast
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- extrapolatedInferred beyond known data
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
estimated · deduced · inferred · anticipated · expected · surmised · conjectured · speculated
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- presentimentVague sense of future events
inkling · suspicion · sense · feeling · apprehension · misgiving · unease · dread
Made ready beforehand
- plannedDecided on beforehand
- readiedMade prepared beforehand
- strategizedFormulated a plan
- provisionedSupplied with necessities
arranged · organized · braced · girded · equipped · fortified · safeguarded · hedged
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
prescience · vision · revelation · soothsaying · augury · seer · sibyl · omen · portent · harbinger
predicted
Declared in advance
- projectedCast outward or forecast
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- extrapolatedInferred beyond known data
calculated · estimated · deduced · inferred · anticipated · expected · surmised · conjectured · speculated · hypothesized
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
presentiment · inkling · suspicion · sense · feeling · apprehension · misgiving · unease · dread · anticipation
prepared
Made ready beforehand
- plannedDecided on beforehand
- readiedMade prepared beforehand
- strategizedFormulated a plan
provisioned · arranged · organized · braced · girded · equipped · fortified · safeguarded · hedged · contingency
foresawrecalled
Brought back mentally
remembered · hindsight · recollected · reviewed · reflected upon
foresawmissed
Failed to reach
misunderstood · misjudged · miscalculated · misread · overlooked
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