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English
Etymology
From foresee + -able.
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 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:Whatever is decided, it is clear that Crossrail 2 must be regarded as a non-starter for the foreseeable future.
Derived terms
Translations
able to be foreseen or anticipated
- Catalan: previsible
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 可預知的/可预知的 (kě yùzhī de), 可預見的/可预见的 (kě yùjiàn de), 能預測的/能预测的 (néng yùcè de)
- Danish: forudseelig, forudsigelig
- Dutch: voorzienbaar
- Esperanto: antaŭvidebla
- Finnish: ennustettava, ennalta arvattava, ennakoitavissa oleva
- French: prévisible (fr)
- Georgian: წინასწარგანჭვრეტადი (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭadi), პროგნოზირებადი (ṗrognozirebadi)
- German: vorhersehbar (de), absehbar (de)
- Hungarian: előre látható, belátható (hu), borítékolható
- Icelandic: fyrirsjáanlegur (is) m
- Italian: prevedibile (it)
- Macedonian: предвидлив m (predvidliv)
- Russian: предви́димый (ru) (predvídimyj), обозри́мый (ru) (obozrímyj)
- Spanish: previsible
- Swedish: förutsebar (sv)
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