foreknowledge

noun

: knowledge of a thing before it happens or exists : prescience, precognition

some of the tests seemed to indicate a definite foreknowledge of what card would turn up next

foreknowledge of human weakness

Word History

Etymology

fore- + knowledge

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Rhymes for foreknowledge

• acknowledge
• precollege
• college
• haulage
• knowledge