prevision

/prəˈvɪʒɪn/

/prəˈvɪʒən/

Other forms: previsions

Definitions of prevision

1. noun

   the power to foresee the future
   synonyms: prescience

   type of:

   capacity, mental ability

   the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
2. noun

   seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
   synonyms: farsightedness, foresight, prospicience

   type of:

   knowing

   a clear and certain mental apprehension
3. noun

   a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
   type of:

   vision

   a vivid mental image
4. noun

   the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
   synonyms: anticipation, prediction

   types:

   projection

   a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

   prognostication, prophecy, vaticination

   knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

   adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration

   the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

   crystal gazing

   staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events

   divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying

   the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

   type of:

   abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning

   thinking that is coherent and logical