foreknowledge

Noun

1. Knowing beforehand.
   • The prosecution intends to prove that the defendant had foreknowledge.
   • [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […] - 1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of...
   • The mule knows the hidden pitfalls of the morass; the swallow feels the storm ere it comes upon the air, and wings to the quiet shelter of its nest—they foresee their dangers, and avoid them; while we blindly rush...

   1. Knowing beforehand via natural or ordinary means.

   2. Knowing beforehand via supernatural or paranormal means.

      Synonyms: precognition foresight prescience clairvoyance premonition divination prophecy psychicness