forethought

forethought
    n 1: planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn:
         {premeditation}, {forethought}]
    2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised
       caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
       [syn: {caution}, {precaution}, {care}, {forethought}]
    

Forethought \Fore"thought`\, a.
   Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense;
   hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." --Bacon.
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Forethought \Fore"thought`\, n.
   A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation;
   forecast; provident care.
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         A sphere that will demand from him forethought,
         courage, and wisdom.                     --I. Taylor.
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111 Moby Thesaurus words for "forethought":
      TLC, aforethought, anticipation, approach, arrangement, attack,
      attention, blueprint, blueprinting, calculatedness, calculation,
      canniness, care, carefulness, caution, charting, circumspection,
      circumspectness, conception, concern, consideration, contrivance,
      deliberateness, deliberation, design, device, discreetness,
      discretion, disposition, enterprise, envisagement,
      express intention, expressness, figuring, forearming,
      forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethoughtfulness,
      game, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, gumption, heed,
      heedfulness, idea, insurance, intention, intentionality, judgment,
      layout, lineup, long-range plan, loving care, mapping, master plan,
      measures, method, methodology, mindfulness, operations research,
      organization, plan, planning, planning function, plotting,
      prearrangement, precaution, precautions, precautiousness,
      preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, premeditation,
      preparedness, preresolution, preventive measure, procedure,
      program, program of action, protection, providence, provision,
      rationalization, regard, regardfulness, safeguard, schedule,
      schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement,
      sense, setup, solicitude, steps, steps and measures,
      strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan,
      tactics, tender loving care, the big picture, the picture,
      thoughtfulness, way, working plan