forereckoning
English
Etymology 1
From forereckon
Etymology 2
From forereckon + -ing.
Noun
forereckoning (plural not attested)
- Precalculation; foreplanning
- 1948, The Restless Voyage:
- […] had to have sleep, but decided that since I could not afford to be wrong in my forereckoning, I would at those times guard against surprise by leaning a heavy stick against the bar so that the latter's displacement would cause it to fall and wake […]
- 2003, Andre Norton, The Gates to Witch World:
- We of the Power have a certain measure of control over the natural elements, though like all else that is subject to failure or success beyond our forereckoning.
- 1948, The Restless Voyage:
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