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prevision

[ pri-vizh-uhn ]

noun

  1. foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
  2. a prophetic or anticipatory vision or perception.


prevision

/ prɪˈvɪʒən /

noun

  1. the act or power of foreseeing; prescience
  2. a prophetic vision or prophecy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • pre·vision·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prevision1

First recorded in 1605–15; pre- + vision
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Example Sentences

With a prevision that something was wrong, he said a word of adieu to Mrs. Ashton, went down, and met the man outside.

So the curious prevision of the future which had come over them all at 'Uncle Marmy's gates' was actually fulfilled.

Prevision proposes to effect some one thing instead of another, and seems to fear that that which it desires might not occur.

If the divinity acted thus, then indeed would He have had recourse to prevision, and consequently, to reasoning.

We should have expected a green dress to agree with the prevision; but it was Sabbato Santo.

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