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
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
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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
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The institute also launched a wastewater surveillance project, geared at monitoring and anticipating disease trends in communities.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Here’s an example from early on in their epic duel, as Carreras anticipates Ronald Araujo’s pass into Yamal, and is quick to close him down in frame one.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While the eastern part of Arizona similarly shows a 40-50% lower than normal precipitation prediction.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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DraftKings, which has lost roughly $5 billion in market cap over the last few weeks due to the growth of prediction exchanges, is planning to launch its own futures marketplace in the coming months.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those with clout in various spheres coalesced into one clubby circle, and fell prey to a groupthink that foresaw riches for everyone, without consequences.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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But in a turn of events that no one at the distillery could have foreseen, this almost didn’t happen—on July 31, a truckload of Westland whiskey worth almost $1 million, including nearly half of the Garryana bottles, was stolen.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Heat hopes this winless preseason isn’t a bad omen for what’s ahead this time around.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Aranda’s spectacular 2021 season appears not an omen for Baylor football but rather one of those magical one-off years.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That is, because it is entangled with the hot and cold objects, the demon can divine and exploit all their correlations systematically.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Oct. 2025
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That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In industries like customer service or supply chain management, this could mean embedding AI into existing platforms to streamline workflows, augment human decision-making, or improve forecasting accuracy.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The weather service offers 7-day forecasting, as uncertainty increases beyond a week out.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many reckoned with its ideals; pervasive talk of liberty held particular portent for women’s lives.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Keane, though, sees nothing but disaster ahead, a portent presaged by some of the film’s most enduring images, like a stretch limo with a flat tire and a steam room littered with empty champagne bottles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another harbinger is that the annual ski movies are coming soon to a theater or brewpub near you.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
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These could be harbingers of bigger things to come.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Prevision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevision. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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