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foreseeable
What does foreseeable mean?
foreseeable (adjective): capable of being anticipated.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use foreseeable in a sentence?
- Foreseeable costs were well within the budget. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce foreseeable?
/fɔɹˈsiəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does foreseeable come from?
From foresee + -able.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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filled with a great quantity
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capable of being anticipated
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every second one of a series
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done on purpose; intentional
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