foresightedness
先见之明,预见性,前瞻性,先知先觉
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Definitions
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- : care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- : the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
- : an act of looking forward.
- : knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
- : Surveying. a sight or reading taken on a forward point. a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.
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What a prolific author George Orwell was, and what foresight he had!
You can have foresight about the future, and you can get in early while products are being thought about and developed, and not just do things after the fact.
She is a visiting professor at the College of Europe, and the former head of strategic foresight at the World Economic Forum.
Strategic foresight is there to enable you to make better-informed choices, and to reflect on the future in an action-oriented manner.
This single word impresses upon us the foresightedness with which he anticipates metaphysical doctrines of modern Germany.
His spirit of determination, his persistence, his foresightedness, seem to me the predominant traits in a well-rounded character.
And with her customary cleverness and foresightedness she called him up at the hospital.
The end of our story will show the wonderful foresightedness of Franklin's scheme.