NOUN
- seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
- a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
- the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
- the power to foresee the future
How To Use prevision In A Sentence
- Quite as in some great racing-stable an ambitious horseman might imagine that he detected in some likely filly the signs and lineaments of the future winner of a Derby, so in Berenice Fleming, in the quiet precincts of the Brewster School, Cowperwood previsioned the central figure of a Newport lawn fete or a London drawing-room. The Titan
- Por otra parte, lamentablemente, a partir de pasado mañana van a empezar a aparecer en el tapete todos los graves problemas que tiene nuestro país, la mayoría de ellos por la imprevisión, por la falta de políticas, y la absoluta inoperancia del matrimonio gobernante. Global Voices in English » Argentina: Kirchner Handed Defeat in Congressional Elections
- Joffre and his associates of the council not only foresaw the war, but they quite clearly previsioned its extent and something of its character. Foch the Man
- She had previsioned many moments in which she should disclose her unique value to a dazzled world, but most of them had seemed, even to herself, extremely unlikely to arrive. The Judge
- Ora che purtroppo le sue previsioni si sono avverate, seppure con una settimana di ritardo rispetto a quanto aveva inizialmente ipotizzato, non sarebbe il caso di stanziare fondi per favorire la ricerca di Giuliani anziché mandarlo in prigione? Italian Citizens Report and Reflect on L'Aquila Earthquake
- When the religious grannie says, “I previsioned this,” as she ignorantly gets carted away in the cab by the mafioso who do her in, a few moments later. Is Religion in Science Fiction Something New? Hardly!
- T computer services the yacca the hallah dichromacy tevet on the pasted of sputtering and the constrictor of the web in prevision and pilar scorpaenidae. Rational Review
- She previsioned a time when all her life before he came into it would have dropped out of remembrance as a tale that is told. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.
- Life is the product of mind; it was intended, purposed, “previsioned.” Random responses to Luskin on evolution of creationism, quotes, and information - The Panda's Thumb
- But, speaking of fictionality… so were stories re satellites; trips to the moon; lasers; and so many other damn things SF has previsioned… fictional, that is. Your Big Fat Election Brain Dump, 1/11/08 « Whatever