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PREVISION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Synonyms:
anticipation; prediction; prevision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prevision" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prevision"):
projection (a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations)
prognostication; prophecy; vaticination (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))
adumbration; foreshadowing; prefiguration (the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A prophetic vision (as in a dream)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prevision" is a kind of...):
vision (a vivid mental image)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Synonyms:
farsightedness; foresight; prevision; prospicience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prevision" is a kind of...):
knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)
Derivation:
previse (realize beforehand)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The power to foresee the future
Synonyms:
prescience; prevision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prevision" is a kind of...):
capacity; mental ability (the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb prevision
