Forsea or foresee?
Did you mean foresee? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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forsea
Correct
foresee
Correct spelling: foresee. Misspelling: forsea.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Fore (before) + see: to see something before it happens.
Why people write “forsea”
“forsea” differs from “foresee” in 2 places: it leaves out the E; and it writes A where foresee has E.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make foresee automatic.
What does “foresee” mean?
foresee verb
- realize beforehand
Synonyms:anticipatepreviseforeknow
- picture to oneself; imagine possible
“I cannot envision him as President”
Synonyms:envision
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Synonyms:anticipateforestallcounter
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Foresee” in a sentence
- Nobody could foresee the problem.
- I cannot envision him as President.
Is “foresee” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“forsea” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FORESEE.