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noun.
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
noun.
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
noun.
a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
noun.
the power to foresee the future
Word Usage
"What so baffles our prevision is the shifting part played by the margin and focus -- in fact, by each element by itself of the margin or focus -- in calling up the next ideas."