foreseeable (C1)
adjective
Pronunciation: /fɔːrˈsiːəbl/
Definition
Able to be known or predicted in advance; within the range of what can be anticipated.
Examples
The company assured investors that there were no foreseeable risks to their profits.
With current technology, a manned mission to Mars is not foreseeable in the near future.
The manager stated that no staff layoffs were foreseeable for the remainder of the year.
How to Use foreseeable
- in the foreseeable future (idiom)
- for as long as one can predict — "Interest rates are unlikely to rise in the foreseeable future."
- foreseeable risk (collocation)
- a risk that can be predicted — "Identifying every foreseeable risk is crucial for project planning."
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