foresight

About 1.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.

2. noun The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
3. noun The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
4. noun A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.

Similar words

foresightfulness prediction anticipation forward-looking forward-thinking prospectively anticipatory prevision prescience forecast

Often followed by

and of to in is or that which on

Word family

foresighted foresightedly foresightedness foresightednesses foresightful foresights