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foreknow

[ fawr-noh, fohr- ]

/ fɔrˈnoʊ, foʊr- /

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verb (used with object), fore·knew, fore·known, fore·knowing.

to know beforehand.

Origin of foreknow

First recorded in 1400–50, foreknow is from the late Middle English word foreknowen. See fore-, know¹

SYNONYMS FOR foreknow

foresee, divine, discern, anticipate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM foreknow

fore·know·a·ble, adjective fore·know·er, noun fore·know·ing·ly, adverb un·fore·know·a·ble, adjective

un·fore·known, adjective

Words nearby foreknow

foreign-flag, foreign-trade zone, foreigner, foreignism, forejudge, foreknow, foreknowledge, forel, forel's decussation, forelady, foreland

Example sentences from the Web for foreknow

Precisely how it will be distributed it is impossible to foreknow.

Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 7 (of 20) |Charles Sumner
But God could not foreknow, say some, how a free moral agent would act, unless he had first determined how he should act!

Sermons on Various Important Subjects |Andrew Lee
We foreknow how others will act, and the foreknowledge is the beginning of judgment passed on action.

Human Nature and Conduct |John Dewey
He was a predictor, using his occult gift of second sight to foreknow events and tell The Leader about them.

The Leader |William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)

The essence of religion lies in the power of man to foreknow and to point out the way in which mankind must walk.

The Kingdom of God is Within You, What is Art |Lyof N. Tolstoi

British Dictionary definitions for foreknow

foreknow

/ (fɔːˈnəʊ) /

verb -knows, -knowing, -knew or -known

(tr) to know in advance

Derived forms of foreknow

foreknowable, adjective foreknowledge, noun foreknowingly, adverb