Verb
he claimed to have previsioned the crash of the stock market
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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
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English previsioun, from Middle French prevision, from Late Latin praevision-, praevisio, from Latin praevidēre to foresee, from prae- + vidēre to see — more at wit
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