˜yÐÄvlog

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foreknowledge

[ fawr-nol-ij, fohr-, fawr-nol-ij, fohr- ]

noun

  1. knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience:

    Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of foreknowledge1

First recorded in 1525–35; fore- + knowledge
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But the judge decided that the absence of foreknowledge was no defence, because what they did had the effect of incitement.

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Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to force the Arawak residents of present-day Jamaica to heel in fear.

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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.

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A leitmotif in "Strange New Worlds" relates to Pike foreknowledge that a life-changing accident lurks in his future.

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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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