prevision

[ pri-vizh-uhn ]

noun

1. foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
2. a prophetic or anticipatory vision or perception.

prevision

/ prɪˈvɪʒən /

noun

1. the act or power of foreseeing; prescience
2. a prophetic vision or prophecy

Other Words From

• pre·vision·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prevision¹

First recorded in 1605–15; pre- + vision

Example Sentences

McGroarty said the WFP managed to distribute food in key locations across the northeast and central highlands of the country in prevision of the winter months.

From Seattle Times

For instance, the drug-pricing deal “doesn’t impact launch prices” of new drugs, said Ramsey Baghdadi, co-founder of Prevision Policy, an information service that specializes in pharmaceutical analysis.

From Washington Post

Auden’s brilliantly selected collection of Kierkegaard’s work, “The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard,” which also includes certain gems, such as Kierkegaard’s eerie prevision of the Internet era: “There no longer exist human beings: there are no lovers, no thinkers, etc. By means of the press the human race has enveloped itself in an atmospheric what-not of thoughts, feelings, moods; even of resolutions and purposes, all of which are no one’s property, since they belong to all and none.”

From Washington Post

The new interceptor missile, launched by Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces, successfully completed its tasks by striking an assigned target “with prevision,” the report said.

From Fox News

Today, “Tithonus” seems an uncanny prevision of much contemporary medicine.

From Washington Post

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