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noun
Knowing beforehand.
Knowing beforehand via natural or ordinary means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Knowing beforehand.
Knowing beforehand via supernatural or paranormal means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: precognition, foresight, prescience, clairvoyance, premonition, divination, prophecy, psychicness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
knowledge of an event before it occurs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: precognition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP
History
From fore- + knowledge.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
