prevision
Collocations
3ADJ.
deeper, knowing
PREVISION + NOUN
obsolescence
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
Advance knowledge; foresight.
I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address.
it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce.
A prediction.
verb
To predict or envision the future.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
noun — seeing ahead
- foresight
- farsightedness
- prospicience
noun — the power to foresee the future
- prescience
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address.
Wiktionaryit was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to ha
WiktionaryThe whole discussion is concerned with City States, and there is no prevision of their obsolescence.
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