foreknowledge

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ knowledge; equivalent to Grecian cognate prognosis and Latinate cognate precognition.

Noun

foreknowledge (usually uncountable, plural foreknowledges)

Knowing beforehand, prescience, foresight, precognition

Related terms

foreknow

Translations

knowing beforehand

Finnish: ennakkotieto
German: Voraussicht (de) f, Vorauswissen n, Vorwissen n
Greek:
Ancient: πρόγνωσις f (prógnōsis)

Greenlandic: siumut ilisimassuseq
Turkish: önbilgi (tr)

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