foreseeable
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
foreseeable (comparative more foreseeable, superlative most foreseeable)
- Able to be foreseen or anticipated.
- This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.
- 2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business[1], archived from the original on 7 September 2023:
- “At current and foreseeable oil prices, the industry’s appetite to drill in ANWR will be exceptionally low and quite possibly will be zero,” Pavel Molchanov, energy analyst at Raymond James, told CNN Business.
- 2026 April 1, Philip Haigh, “Close encounter with '185s' inside Ardwick depot...”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 42:
- He reckoned the bodyshells were rock-solid, even after 20 years, as were the bogies. "We'll keep them running for the foreseeable future," he said. Rock-solid they may be, but the '185s' have been criticised for their weight.
Derived terms
Translations
able to be foreseen or anticipated
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References
- ^ “foreseeable, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.