foresaw (verb)

  • 1foresee past tense foresaw — past participle foreseen / si:n/ verb (T) to know that something is going to happen before it actually happens: The method was used in ways that could not have been foreseen by its inventors. | foresee that: Few analysts foresaw that oil prices… …

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  • 2foresee — verb (foresees, foreseeing, foresaw; past participle foreseen) be aware of beforehand; predict. Derivatives foreseeability noun foreseeable adjective foreseeably adverb foreseer …

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  • 3golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… …

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  • 4BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 5PROPHETS AND PROPHECY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible classifications nature of prophecy origin and function dreams divination pre classical prophets terminology group prophecy ecstasy group life of prophets role in society… …

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  • 6John Milton — For other people named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). John Milton Portrait of John Milton in National Portrait Gallery, London c. 1629. Unknown artist (detail) Born 9 December 1608(1608 12 09) Bread Street …

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  • 7scale — scale1 noun 1》 each of the small overlapping horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles.     ↘each of numerous microscopic tile like structures covering the wings of butterflies and moths.     ↘a rudimentary leaf, feather, or… …

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  • 8foresee — [c]/fɔˈsi / (say faw see) verb (foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing) –verb (t) 1. to see beforehand; have prescience of; foreknow. –verb (i) 2. to exercise foresight. {Middle English; Old English foresēon, from fore fore + sēon see1} –foreseeable …

  • 9danger — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, extreme, grave, great, mortal, obvious, real, serious, significant …

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  • 10PEACE — (Heb. שָׁלוֹם, shalom). In the Bible The verb shalem (so both the perfect, Gen. 15:16, and the participle, Gen. 33:18) in the qal means to be whole, complete, or sound. PEACE. The range of nuances is rather wide. That the iniquity of the Amorites …

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