English words for 'In a manner that could be foreseen.'
Closest matches for "In a manner that could be foreseen." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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adj
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- (medicine, of research) Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
- of or concerned with or related to the future
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noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
- To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.
- To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
- To feel as though.
- (impersonal) To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem.
- To have a desire for something, or to do something.
- (meteorology, impersonal) Denotes the apparent temperature.
- have an inclination for something or some activity
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verb
verb
- Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
- (subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- (informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
- simple past of shall
- (formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
- To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
- (formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
- Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
- In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
- To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
- Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
noun
noun
verb
- Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
- (obsolete except Geordie) past participle of can
- Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
- simple past of can
- Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
- Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
- Used to suggest something.
noun
- Something seen in advance.
- (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
- (computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
- A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
- An experience of something in advance.
- a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
verb
- (transitive) To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.
- (computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
- watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public
adv
noun
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- (golf) A golf course.
- The itinerary of a race.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
verb
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
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- Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London)
- Could naturally be expected to (given the situation, the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
- Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
- Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
- Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
- Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.
- Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
- Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
verb
verb
noun
noun
- The likelihood of something happening.
- (informal, mildly derogatory) A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
- A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
- (accounting) Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- an obligation to pay money to another party
- the state of being legally obliged and responsible
- the quality of being something that holds you back
noun
- seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
- a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
- abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
- The quality of being considerate regarding events that may occur in the future.
- (pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
noun
- seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
- providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
- The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
- The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
- (surveying) A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.
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noun
- (figurative) A possibility.
- (immigration) An entry point.
- (figurative) A barrier.
- Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
- (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
- (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.
- The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
- (figurative) A means of approach or access.
- a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- anything providing a means of access (or escape)
- a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- a room that is entered via a door
verb
noun
adj
noun
verb
- To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- (UK, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- To deprive (with of).
- (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
noun
adj
- Able to foresee the future.
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
- Having great insight; sagacious.
- foreseeing the future
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
noun
noun
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- The quality of being possible.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
- capability of existing or happening or being true
- a future prospect or potential
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a possible alternative
noun
verb
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
- (obsolete except Geordie) past participle of can
- Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
- simple past of can
- Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
- Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
- Used to suggest something.
noun
- Something seen in advance.
- (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
- (computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
- A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
- An experience of something in advance.
- a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
verb
- (transitive) To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.
- (computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
- watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public
noun
adj
adv
verb
noun
intj
verb
- Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London)
- Could naturally be expected to (given the situation, the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
- Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
- Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
- Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
- Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.
- Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
- Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
noun
- The likelihood of something happening.
- (informal, mildly derogatory) A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
- A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
- (accounting) Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- an obligation to pay money to another party
- the state of being legally obliged and responsible
- the quality of being something that holds you back
noun
- seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
- a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
- abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
- The quality of being considerate regarding events that may occur in the future.
- (pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
noun
- seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
- providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
- The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
- The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
- (surveying) A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.
noun
- (figurative) A possibility.
- (immigration) An entry point.
- (figurative) A barrier.
- Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
- (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
- (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.
- The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
- (figurative) A means of approach or access.
- a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- anything providing a means of access (or escape)
- a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- a room that is entered via a door
verb
noun
adj
noun
noun
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- The quality of being possible.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
- capability of existing or happening or being true
- a future prospect or potential
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a possible alternative
verb
- To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.
- To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
- To feel as though.
- (impersonal) To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem.
- To have a desire for something, or to do something.
- (meteorology, impersonal) Denotes the apparent temperature.
- have an inclination for something or some activity
verb
- Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
- (subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- (informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
- simple past of shall
- (formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
- To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
- (formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
- Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
- In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
- To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
- Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
noun
verb
verb
noun
noun
verb
- Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
- (obsolete except Geordie) past participle of can
- Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
- simple past of can
- Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
- Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
- Used to suggest something.
verb
- To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- (UK, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- To deprive (with of).
- (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
noun
adv
noun
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- (golf) A golf course.
- The itinerary of a race.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
verb
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
adj
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- (medicine, of research) Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
- of or concerned with or related to the future
noun
adj
- Able to foresee the future.
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
- Having great insight; sagacious.
- foreseeing the future
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses