1.
[syn: precognition, foreknowledge]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foreknowledge
n 1: knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn:
precognition, foreknowledge]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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