as in to anticipate
to realize or know about beforehand
what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?
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as in foresight
the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur
a suspenseful story about a man who has a frightening foreknowledge of disasters
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Recent Examples of foreknow
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
What was the level of foreknowledge about this attack?
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Days later, Carlson began releasing The 9/11 Files, a five-part video series that suggests Israel had foreknowledge of the al-Qaeda attacks but withheld the information from the United States.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
What was the level of foreknowledge about this attack?
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreknow
Verb
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Indeed, so anticipated was Vonn’s race that the IOC rescheduled its daily media briefing with reporters to avoid conflicting with the women’s downhill.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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While anticipated, the cutbacks were deeper than expected, resulting in the shutdown of the Post’s renowned sports section, the elimination of its photography staff and sharp reductions in personnel responsible for coverage of metropolitan Washington and overseas.—
David Bauder,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The activist landscape will continue to evolve, demanding agility and foresight from corporate leadership.—
Sam Wolf,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The sketch comedy show — Dana Carvey’s first gig after leaving Saturday Night Live — was created by Carvey and Robert Smigel and had the foresight to cast both Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert in their first TV gigs.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Some foresee this leading to a sort of explosion in the intelligence of AI systems, while others caution that such iteration might work to increase capabilities in some domains — like software engineering — while AI systems will continue to struggle on cognitive or physical abilities.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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The plan also foresees coordination on investment, geological mapping and rapid responses to supply chain disruptions.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Carlson never went that far, but Murdoch didn’t forget his prescience.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Brooker’s prescience had struck again.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Analysts there predict a price war that could drive the cost of some weight-loss drugs down by as much as 90 percent in India – and possibly in other countries too.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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This was broadly in line with what polls had suggested, with Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun predicting that the LDP and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party would secure more then 300 seats in the Lower House.—
CNBC.com staff,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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From her poetry and her Facebook page, Annie's specific interest is in Oracular writing, a form of divination script that positions the poet as a medium between humanity and the supernatural or non-human world.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Foreknow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknow. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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