prevision
Seeing what's coming
Prevision is foresight or foreknowledge—the act of seeing or knowing something before it happens.
The word appears in formal or literary contexts: Her prevision of disaster proved accurate.
It can also mean a prophetic vision itself: He had a prevision of his own death.
The verb previse, meaning to foresee, is rare.
Ability to anticipate futures
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
divination · augury · soothsaying · oracle · seer · revelation · portent · omen
Forecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
estimation · simulation · prognostication · outlook · probability · scenario · futures · conjecture
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
inkling · apprehension · sense · feeling · instinct · forewarning
Planning before acting
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
premeditation · prudence · readiness · precaution · forward-thinking · preemptive · safeguarding · preventive
foresight
Ability to anticipate futures
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- prognosticationForetelling future events
prophecy · divination · augury · soothsaying · oracle · seer · revelation · portent · omen · foretelling
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
extrapolation · estimation · simulation · prognostication · outlook · probability · scenario · futures · conjecture · speculation
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
intuition · inkling · apprehension · sense · feeling · instinct · forewarning
forethought
Planning before acting
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- contingencyUncertain possible event
strategy · premeditation · prudence · readiness · precaution · forward-thinking · preemptive · safeguarding · preventive · proactive
- foresightforesight, precognition, futurology, forethought, premonition
- prudenciareflexion
- Anticipación
previsionhindsight
Recognition after the fact
retrospection · afterthought · postmortem · retrospect · backward glance
previsionshortsightedness
Inability to see distance
blindness · myopia · obliviousness · unpreparedness · improvidence
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