- providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
- prevision: seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
- In futures studies, especially in Europe, the term "foresight" has become widely used to describe activities such as: *critical thinking concerning long-term developments, *debate and effort to create wider participatory democracy, *shaping the future, especially by influencing public policy.
- The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future
- A broad term covering all methods of envisaging the future, but with an emphasis on the alternative futures concept. Most writers on foresight - those who do foresighting - consider it to include some element of action or decision, so forecasting alone is not normally seen as foresight. ...
- the ability to play in only those tournaments you are sure of winning.
- the guiding "angle of approach" in terms of which one approaches what is to be interpreted. I think, though MH does not make this so clear, that the fore-sight is the sight that brings the "as" into focus: when one interprets this as a hammer, one aims one's fore-sight at the equipmental role, ...
- previsión; prudencia; presciencia; perspicacia; providencia
- Foresight as "the ability to create and maintain a high-quality, coherent and functional forward view and to use the insights arising in organizationally useful ways." (Australian educator Richard Slaughter)
- Ability to think about the future and come up with options and solutions that will address future needs.
- characterized the ‘horizon distance’ envisioned by a decision maker; extent of a DMs ability to think about possible moves that could take place in the future.
- the discipline of developing a forward view in time; link-theme between spiritual dimension and mental dimension; see also sense-making; strategy, scenario
- A forward observation made with a surveyor's instrument. A fixed object in the front which is sighted upon from time to time to cheek the orientation of the instrument.
- The act or power of foreseeing; the act of looking forward.
- This is a sight that is put on the front of the barrel.
- in trying to plan moves ahead, you need to be able to visualize the moves in your mind - not just yours, but potential counter moves by your opponent, too.
- an observation of the distance and direction to the next instrument station. In traversing, a foresite is a point set ahead to be used for reference when resetting the transit or line or when verifying the alignment. ...
- (a) A sight on a new survey point, taken in a forward direction and made in order to determine its bearing and elevation. Also, a sight on a previously established survey point, taken to close a circuit. ...
- rod reading taken on a point of unknown elevation; foresight reading is subtracted from the Height of Instrument (HI) to determine the elevation of the desired point.