Prevision

2 definitions found

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

  Prevision \Pre*vi"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]vision.]
     Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. --H. Spencer.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  prevision
       n 1: a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
       2: the power to foresee the future [syn: {prescience}]
       3: seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing [syn: {foresight},
           {prospicience}]
       4: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
          [syn: {prediction}, {anticipation}]