prevision

noun /pɹɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/

1. Advance knowledge; foresight.

   countable, uncountable

   I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address.

2. A prediction.

   countable, uncountable

Where it comes from

From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry prevision (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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