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foresight

 noun
     
fore‧sight [uncountable]
the ability to imagine what is likely to happen and to consider this when planning for the future [↪ forethought]:
It was an example of the authorities' lack of foresight.
foresight to do something
Luckily I'd had the foresight to get in plenty of food.
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