Definition of Foresights

1. foresight [n] - See also: foresight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foresights

foreshowing
foreshown
foreshows
foreside
foresides
foresight
foresighted
foresightedly
foresightedness
foresightful
foresightfully
foresightfulness
foresightless
foresightlessness
foresightly
foresights (current term)
foresighty
foresignified
foresignifies
foresignify
foresignifying
foresister
foresisters
foreskinless
foreskinned
foreskins
foreskirt
foreskirts
foreslack

Literary usage of Foresights

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"The work is similar to differential leveling except that distances between stations, if not already known, must be measured, and a number of foresights from ..."

2. Field Engineering: A Hand-book of the Theory and Practice of Railway by William Henry Searles (1901)
"Hence Backsights are always plus, and foresights always minm. ... The fourth column contains the foresights, taken on new turning points, and benches used ..."

3. A Treatise on Coal Mining by International Correspondence Schools (1900)
"The algebraic total of the sum of the backsights and the sum of the foresights, added algebraically to the elevation of the first point, will give the ..."

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