English Explanatory Dictionary

foreknowledge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Knowing beforehand.
  2. Knowing beforehand via natural or ordinary means.
  3. Knowing beforehand via supernatural or paranormal means.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

foreknowledge foreknowledges

Etymology

From fore- + knowledge.

Synonyms

precognition foresight prescience clairvoyance premonition divination prophecy psychicness

Related words

foreknow

Translations

Bulgarian: предвиждане Catalan: prenoció Dutch: voorkennis Finnish: ennakkotieto French: prénotion German: Voraussicht German: Vorauswissen German: Vorwissen Ancient Greek: πρόγνωσις Greenlandic: siumut ilisimassuseq Spanish: prenoción Turkish: önbilgi Woiwurrung: ngargoonin twarn
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