precognition

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception.
2. (countable, uncountable) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.

Concepts

précognition

prescience

connaissance anticipée

preconnaissance

connaissance antérieure

Synonymes

foreknowledge

prescience

clairvoyance

forecast

prenotion

prognosis

Traductions

precognizione

precognición

Präkognition

precognição

prescienza

Vorkenntnis

ilk soruşturma

قبل الإدراك

önbilgi

precognició

presciència

προαίσθηση

πρόγνωση

preconoscenza

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌpɹiːkɒɡˈnɪʃn̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Middle French precognition or its source, Latin praecognitio, from praecognōscō (“to know beforehand”). Doublet of Germanic-based foreknowledge and Greek-based prognosis. Equivalent to pre- + cognition.