Word for 'Understanding future consequences' [closed]
foresight (dictionary.com)
care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.
an act of looking forward.
knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.
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Surveying.
a) a sight or reading taken on a forward point.
b) (in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.