as in to anticipate
to realize or know about beforehand
he claimed to have previsioned the crash of the stock market
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Recent Examples of prevision
Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
The discovery confirmed a century-old prediction made by Albert Einstein, the last major prevision of his theory of general relativity that had remained unverified.
—Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017
Noun
Evaluations include frontal crash tests, side crash tests, headlight evaluations, and crash prevision tests.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
The discovery confirmed a century-old prediction made by Albert Einstein, the last major prevision of his theory of general relativity that had remained unverified.
—Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevision
Verb
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Bealer anticipates the project will be completed by mid-May with the pool open to the public starting May 31.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Full moons Here are the rest of the full moons to anticipate this year.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As a result, the level of prediction accuracy was increased significantly, which improved the ability of the company to react to emerging external factors.—
Alexandra Harbert,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Can the Sky Blues redeem their week from hell, or will the tipsters predictions of more misery ring true?—
Oli Gamp,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Without that help, however, Lee could foresee a much longer timeline to undo the harm from all those skincare trends.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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More also foresee stock market improvements in 2025 compared to 2023.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Throughout most of human history, many cultures have thought such phenomena were ill omens caused by supernatural beings.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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In some cultures, they were feared as omens of bad luck or even linked to witchcraft.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains on a river.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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As this magazine arrives on newsstands, business and state leaders gather, once again, in a small town at the heart of Europe, to try to divine the future of globalization.—
Caitlín Doherty,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But coming in at a brisk 89-minute runtime, the feature is awkwardly compressed in its portrait of heartache and easily overwhelmed by the political portent of its subject.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Dead Zone maintains key big-picture threads from the book and movie — the malevolent rising-star politician, the apocalyptic portent — while taking advantage of its format, succeeding as both a procedural and a long-term story.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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While big investments to mitigate climate change have been made by both Congress and the Minnesota Legislature, environmentalists continue sounding the alarm and point to this toasty winter as a harbinger of things to come should no further action be taken on that front.—
Mohamaed Ibrahim,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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But both contenders prove to be imperfect harbingers of progress.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2025
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Initial forecasts indicated potential tsunami waves could reach Puerto Rico's western coast by 8:46 p.m. EST (9:46 p.m. local time), with the Virgin Islands expected to experience impacts approximately 30 minutes later.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Photograph: Apple With the Weather app and Apple Maps integration, the invite will include the forecast for the day of the event and directions to the location.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Prevision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevision. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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