Foresight

1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
3. Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
4. Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.