FOREKNOWLEDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreknowledge mean? 

• FOREKNOWLEDGE (noun)
  The noun FOREKNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:

1. knowledge of an event before it occurs

  Familiarity information: FOREKNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREKNOWLEDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Knowledge of an event before it occurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

foreknowledge; precognition

Hypernyms ("foreknowledge" is a kind of...):

clairvoyance; E.S.P.; ESP; extrasensory perception; second sight (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)

 Context examples 

I looked at her inquiringly; but already with a foreknowledge of her meaning.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This he took in good part, and was really pleased, nodding his head with direful foreknowledge and mystery, until George Leach, the erstwhile cabin-boy, ventured some rough pleasantry on the subject.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could hardly fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)