foreknows

verb

present tense third-person singular of foreknow
as in anticipates
to realize or know about beforehand what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?

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  1. anticipates
  2. foresees
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  • Harpman was writing in a different era, but the elegiac loneliness of her fiction anticipates our own solitary and screen-bound present.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Fernando anticipates an impact crater nearly 90 feet across and 16 feet deep (27 meters across and 5 meters deep), too small to see from Earth but visible to spacecraft.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of anticipates
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  • Every father hopes for a better life for their children, but no parent foresees their child living in a warzone.
    — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Head coach Mike Vrabel foresees the Patriots making a move to add at the position coming out of minicamp.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Definition of foresees
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