Dictionary

foreseeable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /fəˈsiː.ə.bəl/ (UK)
• /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/ (UK)
• /fɚˈsi.ə.bəl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From foresee + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be foreseen or anticipated.
   • This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.
   • He reckoned the bodyshells were rock-solid, even after 20 years, as were the bogies. "We'll keep them running for the foreseeable future," he said. Rock-solid they may be, but the '185s' have been criticised for their weight. 2026 April 1, Philip Haigh, “Close encounter with '185s' inside Ardwick depot...”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 42:
   • “At current and foreseeable oil prices, the industry’s appetite to drill in ANWR will be exceptionally low and quite possibly will be zero,” Pavel Molchanov, energy analyst at Raymond James, told CNN Business. 2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

for the foreseeable · unforeseeably · foreseeableness · foreseeably · unforeseeable

Translations (33)

sh наслућив (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · sv förutsebar (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ca previsible (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · fi ennustettava (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · nl voorzienbaar (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · de absehbar (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · eo antaŭvidebla (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · da forudsigelig (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · da forudseelig (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ro anticipabil (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · hu belátható (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ro previzibil (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · is fyrirsjáanlegur (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · sh предвидљив (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · it prevedibile (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · cmn 能預測的 /能预测的 (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · hu borítékolható (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · cmn 可預知的 /可预知的 (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ka წინასწარგანჭვრეტადი (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · es previsible (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · fi ennalta arvattava (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ru предви́димый (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · cmn 可預見的 /可预见的 (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · mk предвидлив (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ru обозри́мый (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · sh naslućiv (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · bg предвидим (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · hu előre látható (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · sh predvidljiv (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · ka პროგნოზირებადი (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · fr prévisible (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · de vorhersehbar (able to be foreseen or anticipated) · fi ennakoitavissa oleva (able to be foreseen or anticipated)