foresee

prever

Saber o imaginar que algo sucederá antes de que ocurra.

En inglés sencillo: To know or expect that something will happen before it actually happens.

• I did not foresee this problem.
• Can you foresee any difficulties?
• Nobody foresaw that prices would rise so quickly.

Cómo se usa: foresee something (We foresee a sharp increase in demand.); foresee that… (She foresaw that the plan would fail.); foresee doing something (I do not foresee needing more staff.)

Sinónimos: predict, anticipate

Expresiones frecuentes: foresee a problem, foresee the consequences, foresee that