precognition

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

foreknowledge

prescience

clairvoyance

forecast

prenotion

prognosis

Translations

precognición

precognizione

Präkognition

precognição

précognition

prescienza

Vorkenntnis

connaissance antérieure

preconoscenza

premonição

ilk soruşturma

قبل الإدراك

önbilgi

precognició

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɹiːkɒɡˈnɪʃn̩/

Etymology

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.