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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

previsible

Pronunciation / Transliteration: previsible

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foreseeable/fɔːrˈsiː.ə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"No habrá cambios en el futuro previsible."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Able to be foreseen or predicted; capable of being anticipated based on current evidence.

    "No major changes to the project are planned in the foreseeable future."
  2. 2

    Relating to outcomes or consequences that a prudent person can reasonably expect to happen.

    "The company faces foreseeable risks due to market volatility."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'foresee', combining the Old English prefix 'fore-' (before) and 'see' (from Proto-Germanic *sehwanan), paired with the suffix '-able' of Latin origin via Old French meaning capable of. The compound adjective emerged in the late Middle English period to describe events or consequences that can be reasonably anticipated or predicted before they occur.

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