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foreknowable

foreknowable adjective: that may be known in advance.

Adjective

foreknowable (not comparable)

  1. That may be known in advance.
    • And ſuch are the Actions of all thoſe that are deeply lapſed into Corruption, and of thoſe fevv that are grovvn to a more Heroicall ſtate of Goodneſs: It is certainly foreknovvable vvhat they vvill do in ſuch and ſuch circumſtances.1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The First Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His...
    • 1911, J. A. Smith (translator), Aristotle (original), Nicomachean Ethics, "Introduction"
    Antonyms:
    unforeknowable

Antonyms of foreknowable

Origin of foreknowable

From foreknow + -able.

Words formed from foreknowable

Questions about foreknowable

What does foreknowable mean?
Foreknowable means that may be known in advance.
What part of speech is foreknowable?
Foreknowable is an adjective.

Words near foreknowable in the dictionary

  1. forekidneys
  2. foreking
  3. forekings
  4. foreknew
  5. foreknow
  6. foreknowable
  7. foreknower
  8. foreknowers
  9. foreknowing
  10. foreknowingly
  11. foreknowings

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