Foreknowledge

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foreknowledge \Fore*knowl"edge\, n.
     Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to
     happen; prescience.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           If I foreknew,


           Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault.
                                                    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foreknowledge
       n : knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn: {precognition}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "foreknowledge":
     apprehension, clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception,
     conceptualization, decree, foreboding, foredestiny,
     foregone conclusion, foreknowing, foreordination, foreseeability,
     forewisdom, grasp, grip, ideation, intellection, intelligence,
     mastery, mental grasp, necessity, precognition, predestination,
     predetermination, prehension, preordination, presage, prescience,
     presentiment, savvy, understanding, wisdom