foreknow
See it coming
To foreknow is to know something before it happens or before others learn of it.
The word carries religious and philosophical weight—divine foreknowledge raises questions about free will and predestination: If God foreknows all our choices, are we truly free?
Outside theology, foreknow appears in literary or formal contexts: She seemed to foreknow her own death.
Predict future events
- predictDeclare future outcomes
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- foretellPredict future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
divine · augur · prognosticate · oracle · seer · soothsayer · sibyl · vaticinate
Expect beforehand
- foreseePredict future events
- prepareMake ready beforehand
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
- planningArranging for future events
prudence · provision · readiness · proactive · precaution · forward-thinking · expectation · outlook
Determine fate in advance
- foreordainFix fate in advance
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- providenceDivine protective care
- fatePredetermined course of events
destiny · determinism · inevitability · divine plan · preordain · elect · predetermination · God's will
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
gut feeling · inkling · presentiment · sense · anticipate · feel · suspicion · instinct
foresee
Predict future events
presage · divine · augur · prognosticate · oracle · seer · soothsayer · sibyl · vaticinate · clairvoyance
anticipate
Expect beforehand
- foreseePredict future events
- prepareMake ready beforehand
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
planning · prudence · provision · readiness · proactive · precaution · forward-thinking · expectation · outlook · prospect
predestine
Determine fate in advance
- foreordainFix fate in advance
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- providenceDivine protective care
fate · destiny · determinism · inevitability · divine plan · preordain · elect · predetermination · God's will
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
intuition · gut feeling · inkling · presentiment · sense · anticipate · feel · suspicion · instinct · awareness
foreknowhindsight
Recognition after the fact
remember · recall · reflect upon · know