Foresight is the ability to imagine what is likely to happen and to plan with that in mind. A person with foresight buys a spare charger before the trip, or leaves extra time for the train. It is a praise word: parents, teachers, and bosses like it. The sore opposite is “I wish I had thought of that.” Though actually, foresight is not seeing the future like a film. It is slow, careful thinking, plus a bit of luck in being right. It is a noun. The everyday verb is foresee, not “to foresight.” In older or more formal talk you also meet it near caution — looking ahead so you do not get hurt — which is why sister words in German and Dutch sit close to “careful.”