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adjective

Definition of foreknowingnext
as in predicting

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foreknowing

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noun

as in foreseeing

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foreknowing

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verb

present participle of foreknow
as in anticipating
to realize or know about beforehand what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreknowing
  1. anticipating
  2. wondrous
  3. divination
  4. soothsaying
  5. extraordinary
  6. augury
  7. miraculous
Verb
  • But, as of now, Guerin’s anticipating re-signing Rossi — not trading him — whether to a bridge deal or a long-term deal.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Stay ahead by anticipating the skills your organization will need and aligning hiring practices accordingly.
    Mo Hamzian, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of anticipating
Adjective
  • For example, collectors delighted in displaying wondrous fabrications and mythological beings in their curiosity cabinets, from ersatz dragons to many-headed hydra.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Japanese publisher Capcom goes out of its way to create believable ecosystems populated with strange, wondrous beasts, only to give the player a gigantic sword to carve through it all.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of wondrous
Noun
  • Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Here are five examples of divination techniques that different cultures have developed to cope with life’s uncertainties.
    Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of divination
Noun
  • It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Definition of soothsaying
Adjective
  • Just as the space race of the 20th century drove extraordinary technological progress, the energy race is pushing new boundaries today.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The seven books below follow people who faced extraordinary predicaments and, instead of caving in, found ways to push back.
    Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of extraordinary
Noun
  • These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.
    David Thomas, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.
    Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
Definition of augury
Adjective
  • One mom dog who survived being shot four times shortly after giving birth to 11 puppies is making a miraculous recovery thanks to the kindness of generous donors.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • To get in touch with the miraculous Francis, the folkloric Francis, read the Fioretti, or The Little Flowers of St. Francis, a 14th-century collection of tales about the saint and his friars.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of miraculous
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