forsee
verb
forsee is a verb meaning “To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-S-E-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does forsee mean?
verb
- 1
ScotlandUKTo neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
- 2
Alternative spelling of foresee.
The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it …
- 3
ScotlandUKTo oversee; superintend; direct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forsee?
Forsee has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of forsee
- forsees present, singular, he/she/it
- forseeing participle, present
- forsaw past
- forseen participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forsee?
Forsee appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does forsee come from?
From Middle English forseen, forsen, from Old English forsēon (“to look down upon, despise”), equivalent to for- + see. Compare Old Saxon farsehan, Old High German farsehan (Middle High German versehen).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).