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
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
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Germany’s population to shrink faster than expected Germany’s population is set to shrink 5% by 2050, much faster than previously anticipated, new forecasts suggest.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The result was broadly anticipated, and the reason is simple, as Buckley’s campaign has looked like the closest thing to a straight line in a season full of detours.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Previous predictions had underestimated present population, net migration, and birthrate decline.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Here are the predictions that National Weather Service has issued for some towns.—
Katie Landeck,
The Providence Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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João Santana, Lula's campaign manager in his 2006 bid for reelection, does not foresee any electoral gains from the tribute.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2026
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So far, economists don’t foresee much impact, pointing for several studies.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The omens of Sandro Tonali scoring twice in the same game of a knockout competition for Newcastle United are certainly encouraging.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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An omen of good things to come.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The internet is full of polls that have divined, by soliciting votes from film critics and filmmakers, what are ostensibly the greatest movies of all time.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Just through the front doors of IGI is the Gaming Lab, where experts attempt to divine the future of gambling.—
Jasper Craven,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some help for inflation The court decision came the same day that the Commerce Department reported core inflation ran at a 3% annual rate in December, according to the Fed's primary forecasting gauge.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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That’s because the goal of climate forecasting isn’t to predict the exact state of the Earth in 30 years.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That seemed a portent of more to come as the June primary inches ever closer.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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That seemed a portent of more to come as the June primary inches ever closer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Gossip Girl alum made herself into a sartorial harbinger for spring on Tuesday, embracing the peekaboo bra trend in a completely sheer fishnet sweater in one of the season’s most vibrant hues.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Back then, the abbreviation PLG felt like a harbinger of gentrification that would protect my property value.—
Naomi Jackson,
Curbed,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Prevision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevision. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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