"foreknowledge" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-foreknowledge.wav [US] Forms: foreknowledges [plural]
Etymology: fore- + knowledge Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|knowledge}} fore- + knowledge Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} foreknowledge (usually uncountable, plural foreknowledges)
  1. Knowing beforehand; foresight, precognition, prescience. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: foreknow Translations (knowing beforehand): πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), предвиждане (predviždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ennakkotieto (Finnish), Voraussicht [feminine] (German), Vorauswissen [neuter] (German), Vorwissen [neuter] (German), siumut ilisimassuseq (Greenlandic), önbilgi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-foreknowledge-en-noun-VtKH7v87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

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