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meanings of foreseeable and future

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with future. foreseeableadjectiveuk /fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/us /fɔːrˈsiː.ə.bəl/ A foreseeable event or situation is one that can be known about or guessed before ... See more at foreseeablefuturenounuk /ˈfjuː.tʃər/us /ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/ a period of time that is ... See more at future

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. However, it is also clear that the rural-urban fault line will not be removed or redrawn at least within the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus The conformational problem is therefore likely to remain incompletely resolved for the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, it seems likely that most councils will continue to maintain registers for the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus The regulatory effect of institutions above the nation-state on employment-related matters is unlikely to increase substantially in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Allowing unrestricted natural language dialogue would appear to require full human conversational competence, which does not seem feasible in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Oil production has grown throughout, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future (see table 1). From the Cambridge English Corpus The volume seems very likely to establish itself as the standard treatment of metadiscourse for the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus A violent strategy would have led inevitably to spiralling escalation, with the state having the strategic edge at every turn in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is to feed the subsistence population, and it will continue so for the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Organs, however, for now and the foreseeable future, simply cannot be manufactured. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is a solution that may need to be reconsidered in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus This record will now stand for the foreseeable future and be an important reference work for plant breeders throughout the world. From the Cambridge English Corpus It seems that these questions will stand for the foreseeable future for a number of reasons which are explored later in this chapter. From the Cambridge English Corpus Genetics and developmental biology will not be able to broach the subject of the predictability of "normal" individual phenotypic variation in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the present time there are two schemes that are the most promising for experimental application, at least in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Hence, there is little indication that the state will prove capable of eliminating ethno-political tension, competition and violence in the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus The social science criteria are simply unmeetable in the present or foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus Such connections will require continual reevaluation into the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus We predict rapid increases in global carbon emissions for the foreseeable future. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the foreseeable future, journalists will continue to ask bioethicists for comment and many will agree to do so. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of foreseeable Go to the definition of future See other collocations with future {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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• Definition of foreseeable
• Definition of future
• Examples of foreseeable future
• Other collocations with future