French · to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.)
Who will be able to predict?
That was to be expected.
Who could've predicted this?
I should've foreseen this.
We should've foreseen this.
Forecasting is the way of saying what will happen and then explaining why it didn't.
There's no way to predict what you will dream tonight.
There's no way to predict what you will dream tonight.
As expected, he won first place.
No one could've predicted this.
You're planning something, aren't you?
You're planning something, aren't you?
It is difficult planning meals for so many people.
I'm the only one planning to do that.
I'm the only one planning to do that.
The aim of science is, as has often been said, to foresee, not to understand.
Nobody can foresee when the war will end.
It is impossible to foresee everything.
Who could have expected that it would happen?
No one could have predicted that.
That was a difficult problem to foresee.
Nobody can foresee what'll happen.
You should allow an hour to get to the airport.
You should allow an hour to get to the airport.
The day will soon come when we will be able to predict earthquakes.
Is it really possible to predict an earthquake?
Some problems are expected on their expedition.
It's difficult to predict the outcome of the election.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Gulls are able to foresee a storm long before its appearance.
To foresee is to project in the future what one has perceived in the past.
We can't predict what'll happen.
As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.
Everything suggests that Tom will be re-elected.