Engineers used careful foresight when designing the dam, calculating future water demands and potential flood risks decades ahead.
工程师们在设计大坝时运用了周密的远见，提前数十年计算了未来的用水需求和潜在的洪水风险。
Which choice best defines “foresight”?
B — The ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future. “foresight” means the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future.
Which word means “the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future”?
B — foresight. “foresight” means the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future.
foresight — the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future. In Chinese: 先见，远见.
foresight is pronounced /ˈfɔːrsaɪt/.
Engineers used careful foresight when designing the dam, calculating future water demands and potential flood risks decades ahead. (工程师们在设计大坝时运用了周密的远见，提前数十年计算了未来的用水需求和潜在的洪水风险。)
prudence, prescience, forethought — all close in meaning to foresight (the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future).
short-sightedness, improvidence — each the opposite of foresight (the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future).
Yes. foresight is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.