foreknowledge

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

foreknowledge
    n 1: knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn:
         {precognition}, {foreknowledge}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Foreknowledge \Fore*knowl"edge\, n.
   Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to
   happen; prescience.
   [1913 Webster]

         If I foreknew,
         Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault.
                                                  --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "foreknowledge":
      apprehension, clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception,
      conceptualization, decree, foreboding, foredestiny,
      foregone conclusion, foreknowing, foreordination, foreseeability,
      forewisdom, grasp, grip, ideation, intellection, intelligence,
      mastery, mental grasp, necessity, precognition, predestination,
      predetermination, prehension, preordination, presage, prescience,
      presentiment, savvy, understanding, wisdom

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