foresight

prévoyance

Capacité à envisager ce qui pourrait arriver et à s’y préparer avec sagesse.

En anglais simple : The ability to think about what may happen and prepare wisely for it.

• Buying extra food showed foresight.
• He had the foresight to save money before leaving his job.
• Their lack of foresight caused serious problems.

Comment l'utiliser : have the foresight to do something (She had the foresight to bring extra water.)

Synonymes : forethought, forward thinking

Contraires : shortsightedness

Expressions courantes : have the foresight, lack of foresight, show foresight

prévision, anticipation

Fait de voir ou de prédire ce qui arrivera dans l’avenir.

En anglais simple : The act of seeing or predicting what will happen in the future.

• Foresight revealed the likely outcome.
• The story describes a queen's foresight into coming events.
• Her prediction was an act of remarkable foresight.

Synonymes : prediction, foreseeing

Contraires : hindsight

Expressions courantes : an act of foresight, exercise foresight, foresight into something

guidon

Pièce située à l’avant d’une arme à feu qui aide à viser.

En anglais simple : The part near the front of a gun that helps you aim.

• The rifle's foresight was bent.
• She aligned the foresight with the rear sight.
• This pistol has a bright red foresight.

Synonymes : front sight

Expressions courantes : rifle foresight, adjust the foresight, foresight blade