foresee

1 - An engineer must attempt to foresee possible misuses of a product by a consumer, and take this into account in his design.

2 - Due to unforeseen circumstances the cost of the improvements has risen by twenty per cent.

3 - Unless there are any unforeseen problems the whole project should be finished by the spring.

4 - When the balance of nature is disturbed, this may result in alot of possibly unforeseen effects.

5 - Over the past three years, the US economy has been badly hurt by unforeseen events, but housing continued to move up to set sales records in both 2001 and 2002.