forereckoning
nounEtymology From forereckon + -ing.
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No plural Precalculation; foreplanning
- […] 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 […]1948, The Restless Voyage
- 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.2003, Andre Norton, The Gates to Witch World: