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Past tense of “foresee”: foresaw, foreseen

The verb “foresee” is irregular: its past simple is “foresaw” and its past participle is “foreseen”.

Base form (V1)
foresee
/fɔːˈsiː/
Past simple (V2)
foresaw
/ˈfɔːsɔː/
Past participle (V3)
foreseen
/fɔːˈsiːn/

Meaning

to know something will happen before it does

Example

No one foresaw the storm.

Pattern

ABC — all three forms are different

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