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foreknowledge

foreknowledge noun: knowing beforehand via natural or ordinary means.

Noun

foreknowledge (usually uncountable, plural foreknowledges)

  1. (usually) Knowing beforehand via natural or ordinary means.
    • The prosecution intends to prove that the defendant had foreknowledge.
    • [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: Or, An Exhortation to Christians to be Holy, London: […] B. W. for Benj[amin] Alsop, […], →OCLC, page 3
  2. (usually) Knowing beforehand via supernatural or paranormal means.

foreknowledge meaning in Tamil and Urdu

foreknowledge in Tamil

முன்னறிவு

foreknowledge in Urdu

پیش آگہی

Examples of foreknowledge in a sentence

  • No kind foreknowledge gives us even the choice of avoidance.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
  • But two bottles would alarm and confuse him, would lead to a conversation, so I smashed it merrily into a skip, buzzed and lit with the comforting foreknowledge of the second one on its way.2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House, →ISBN:

Synonyms of foreknowledge

All synonyms of foreknowledge

Forms of foreknowledge

pluralforeknowledges

Origin of foreknowledge

From fore- + knowledge.

Questions about foreknowledge

What does foreknowledge mean?
Foreknowledge means knowing beforehand via natural or ordinary means.
What is foreknowledge in Tamil?
Foreknowledge in Tamil is முன்னறிவு. See Foreknowledge meaning in Tamil.
How do you use foreknowledge in a sentence?
No kind foreknowledge gives us even the choice of avoidance.
What part of speech is foreknowledge?
Foreknowledge is a noun.
What is the plural of foreknowledge?
The plural of foreknowledge is foreknowledges.

Words near foreknowledge in the dictionary

  1. foreknower
  2. foreknowers
  3. foreknowing
  4. foreknowingly
  5. foreknowings
  6. foreknowledge
  7. foreknowledges
  8. foreknown
  9. foreknows
  10. forel
  11. foreladies

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