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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
  • As animals – human or otherwise – navigate the unpredictability of life, anticipating positive experiences helps drive a persistence to keep searching for life’s rewards.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This idea of anticipating what might be coming your way and then taking the appropriate actions and avoiding some of the pitfalls.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of anticipating
Adjective
  • But today, something different—something wondrous—rushes into view.
    science.org, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Soak up the rays from the luxe living room, or step out onto the wrap-around deck for a panoramic look at the wondrous scenery.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of wondrous
Noun
  • So yellow is yellow was was air and Lilia divination trial, and orange was Alice in the fire trial.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Once again, the breakdown goes as follows: Lilia (Patti Lupone) wants to regain her divination skills, Alice (Ali Ahn) wants to find out what happened to her mother, and Jennifer (Sasheer Zamata) wants to reclaim her magic, which has been bound for some as of yet untold reason.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of divination
Noun
  • Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • But it was powered by profound public discontent with Argentina’s sclerotic status quo, especially from a generation of younger voters who have seen little relief from years of endemic fiscal crisis and debt, and have no more patience for the appeals and soothsaying of the establishment.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
Definition of soothsaying
Adjective
  • Furthermore, the governor’s last extraordinary session was a transparent public-relations stunt.
    Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This extension was approved at an extraordinary general meeting held on July 18, 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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
  • In one miraculous rescue, a woman was found alive on Saturday after being trapped in her car for three days.
    Atika Shubert, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Tom Hanks and Robin Wright age backwards and forwards through time in the trailer for Robert Zemeckis' Here Zemeckis also elaborated on the miraculous timing that allowed Who Framed Roger Rabbit to go forward in the first place.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of miraculous
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