"precognition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹiːkɒɡˈnɪʃn̩/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precognition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: precognitions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French precognition or its source, Latin praecognitio, from praecognōscō (“to know beforehand”). Equivalent to Germanic cognate foreknowledge and Greek-based cognate prognosis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|precognition}} Middle French precognition, {{bor|en|la|praecognitio}} Latin praecognitio, {{m|la|praecognōscō||to know beforehand}} praecognōscō (“to know beforehand”), {{m|en|foreknowledge}} foreknowledge, {{m|en|prognosis}} prognosis Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} precognition (countable and uncountable, plural precognitions)
  1. (parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Fictional abilities Translations (knowledge of something that is to occur in the future): предусещане (preduseštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), precognició [feminine] (Catalan), précognition (French), Präkognition [feminine] (German), πρόγνωση (prógnosi) [feminine] (Greek), prekogníció (Hungarian), jövőérzékelés (Hungarian), jövőbe látás (Hungarian), precognizione (Italian), 予知(よち) (Japanese), 予言 (yogen) (Japanese), 예지 (yeji) (alt: 豫知) (Korean), prakognisi (Malay), prekognisjon (Norwegian), prekognicja [feminine] (Polish), precognição (Portuguese), предви́дение (predvídenije) [neuter] (Russian), precognición (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-precognition-en-noun-SJhRbYIP Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience Disambiguation of 'knowledge of something that is to occur in the future': 97 3
  2. (Scots law) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-precognition-en-noun-eb6oLxhG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clairvoyance, foreknowledge, anticipation, foresight, precognition, prescience Derived forms: precognitive

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      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "予知(よち)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yogen",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "予言"
    },
    {
      "alt": "豫知",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeji",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "예지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "prakognisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "prekognisjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prekognicja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "precognição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvídenije",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предви́дение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "knowledge of something that is to occur in the future",
      "word": "precognición"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "precognition"
  ],
  "word": "precognition"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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