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voraussehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
  • foresee verb To know or realize something will happen before it does.

Senses

voraussehen is used for these senses in English:

  • anticipate (transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
  • forebode To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
  • foresee (obsolete) To provide.

anticipate — full definition

  1. verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
  2. verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.

Related German words