prevision
Americannoun
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previsions
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foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
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a prophetic or anticipatory vision or perception.
noun
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the act or power of foreseeing; prescience
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a prophetic vision or prophecy
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McGroarty said the WFP managed to distribute food in key locations across the northeast and central highlands of the country in prevision of the winter months.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
"Regarding upkeep and maintenance, there is definitely a considerable lack of prevision."
From Time Magazine Archive
Until such prevision becomes possible, doctors must rely heavily on the electrocardiograph, which, although not much of a predictor, is a smart detective.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No man will have to fear the wreck of his home life and the destruction of his power to fulfil his family responsibilities through changes of employment quite beyond his own prevision or control."
From Time Magazine Archive
Persons who sneer at Spiritualism and declare it to be useless, little know how much advantage is taken of spiritual forethought and prevision by those who believe in it.
From There is no Death by Florence Marryatt
Loan-loss previsions, however, also jumped 66% from the year-ago period to 4.04 billion pesos, with cost of risk shooting up to 1.66% from 1.13%.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023
Feinstein acknowledged it included previsions that unanimously passed the Senate in May.
From US News ● Dec. 9, 2014
I don’t have any idea why such previsions came to me.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Ah! how short-sighted is human wisdom, how deceitful the previsions of mortal man, how sterile the agitations of republics and monarchs!
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
Here was one of my previsions justified: James More was once again at liberty.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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