Words / C1

for-SEE-uh-bl/fɔːˈsiːəbl/

Foreseeable means able to be predicted, or likely to happen: a foreseeable risk, in the foreseeable future. Predictable is everyday; a known night gap belongs on the risk register, not on a resilience slide.

Meaning

Able to be predicted; likely to happen (in the foreseeable future).

Examples

• “A foreseeable night gap belongs on the risk register, not in a resilience slide.”
• “Predictable is everyday. Anticipated is the close twin. Resilience is a slogan. A named hole is a file. Staff the night, or log the risk; do not baptise the gap as culture.”

Good to know

Able to be predicted. Everyday: predictable. A resilience slide ≠ a risk log.

Near in meaning

predictable, anticipated, likely

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