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Vinony

prevision

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.

  1. Advance knowledge; foresight.

    “I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address.”

    “it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce.”

  2. A prediction.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.

  1. To predict or envision the future.