foreknowledge
Use Foreknowledge in a sentence
ɪdʒ, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈnɒl noun
knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
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foreknow (fɔːˈnəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -knows, -knowing, -knew, -known | |
| (tr) to know in advance | |
| fore'knowable | |
| —adj | |
| fore'knowledge | |
| —n | |
| fore'knowingly | |
| —adv | |
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Foreknowledge
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is forecast. Does it mean:
| to guess in advance |
| to know in advance |
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Example sentences
He expects a viewer to bring a foreknowledge and acceptance without which their behavior is, occasionally, vague and mystifying.
Overcoming these challenges takes foreknowledge of the park you are visiting.
Perhaps it was because he had foreknowledge of what would happen the next day.
The reading took place without the foreknowledge of festival officials.
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