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foreknowledge
[ fawr-nol-ij, fohr-, fawr-nol-ij, fohr- ]
noun
- knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience:
Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
Synonyms: , ,
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of foreknowledge1
Example Sentences
But the judge decided that the absence of foreknowledge was no defence, because what they did had the effect of incitement.
Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to force the Arawak residents of present-day Jamaica to heel in fear.
This enables him to plan a project — the “foundation†of the title — that will long outlast his death, complete with periodic messages to his heirs that always show foreknowledge of their challenges and crises.
A leitmotif in "Strange New Worlds" relates to Pike foreknowledge that a life-changing accident lurks in his future.
This has been telegraphed from the series' start; Pike's foreknowledge of a terrible fate he can't avoid, one that will leave him lingering between life and death, informs his overall joie de vivre.
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