Thesaurus results for PREVISION

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verb

Definition of prevision

as in to anticipate

to realize or know about beforehand he claimed to have previsioned the crash of the stock market

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Recent Examples of prevision

Noun

And Argon Mechatronics is producing robots which have the ability to manufacture with great prevision. — Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Evaluations include frontal crash tests, side crash tests, headlight evaluations, and crash prevision tests. — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024 The original version of the bill would have imposed additional restrictions on eligibility for absentee voting but those previsions were removed. — Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023 Another controversial prevision among those on Capitol Hill is a phone records program that grants the government the ability to request metadata such as the dates and senders of cellular communications — but not the content of those messages. — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2020 The discovery confirmed a century-old prediction made by Albert Einstein, the last major prevision of his theory of general relativity that had remained unverified. — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevision

Verb

The arch will disturb the sightline between more landmarks than anticipated, the report said.

— Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Reliable, independent government reporting is an important part of the information infrastructure businesses use to understand labor supply, anticipate change and make workforce decisions.

— Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of anticipate

Verb

In Istanbul, grounds brewed in long copper cezves are read to you, like a fortune divined in a cup.

— Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
This law opens our eyes to divine Science, the truth of God’s infinite goodness, the reality of which outlaws all that isn’t good.

— Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026

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Sportsfile via Getty Images There is also a broader forecasting problem.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
In a post on the NWS website, the forecasting office said the jet stream will remain in the northern half of the country through at least the first week of September.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecasting

Noun

Things are also tough for their friends, Elle (Yasmin Finney) and Tao (William Gao), whose constant bickering seems to be an ominous portent for their on-again-off-again relationship.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The push for the category, which comes after Hot Ones earned Daytime Emmys noms in 2022 and 2023, carries symbolic portent, given the category’s housing of traditional late night; a nomination would truly signal a passing of the torch.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of portent

Noun

Our results, just published in the journal Science, suggest that the 1982-83 and 1997-98 El Niños – two of the strongest in recent memory – may be harbingers of more extreme events to come as the planet warms.

— Julia Cole, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Something of a memento mori, the necklace flips the script on the beetle's role as the harbinger of untimely death in the original film and becomes instead a protective talisman for its wearer.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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