prevision
verbEtymology From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.
1
To predict or envision the future.
prevision
nounUK /pɹɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
Etymology From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.
1
Advance knowledge; foresight.
- I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address.1889, Margaret Oliphant, The Portrait:
- it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
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- The whole discussion is concerned with City States, and there is no prevision of their obsolescence.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
2
A prediction.