NOUN | cognition | prevision | a prophetic vision (as in a dream) |
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cognition | prevision, prescience | the power to foresee the future | |
cognition | prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience | seeing ahead | |
cognition | prevision, prediction, anticipation | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
Meaning | A prophetic vision (as in a dream). | |
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Broader | vision | A vivid mental image |
Spanish | premonición, previsión |
Meaning | The power to foresee the future. | |
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Synonym | prescience | |
Broader | capacity, mental ability | The power to learn or retain knowledge |
Spanish | presciencia |
Meaning | Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing. | |
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Synonyms | foresight, farsightedness, prospicience | |
Broader | knowing | A clear and certain mental apprehension |
Verbs | previse | realize beforehand |
Meaning | The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future). | |
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Synonyms | prediction, anticipation | |
Narrower | prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration | The act of providing vague advance indications |
projection | A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations | |
prophecy, prognostication, vaticination | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | |
Broader | reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought | Thinking that is coherent and logical |
Spanish | anticipación, predicción, previsión |
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