prevision

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /priˈvɪʒən/ UK /priːˈvɪʒən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
foresight or foreknowledge of the future

His prevision of the market crash saved the firm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · foresight or foreknowledge... foresight foreknowledge prescience precognition prophecy clairvoyance

Opposites

hindsight

Word family

Derived forms previsionalprevisionary

Related forms vision visionary provision

Etymology

From French prévision, from Late Latin praevisio, from Latin praevidere ('to see beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + videre ('to see').

praevidere Latin videre Latin

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Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prevision

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /priˈvɪʒən/
**IPA (UK):** /priːˈvɪʒən/

## Meanings
1. foresight or foreknowledge of the future

## Examples
- His prevision of the market crash saved the firm.

## Synonyms
- foresight
- foreknowledge
- prescience
- precognition
- prophecy
- clairvoyance

## Antonyms
- hindsight

## Derived Forms
- previsional
- previsionary

## Related Forms
- vision
- visionary
- provision

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praevidere
- Root: videre

## Etymology
From French prévision, from Late Latin praevisio, from Latin praevidere ('to see beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + videre ('to see').

## AI Etymology
Prevision comes from French prévision, from Late Latin praevisio, from Latin praevidere ('to see beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + videre ('to see'). The historical chain includes Latin praevidere and Latin videre. The quoted older senses, "to see beforehand", "before", and "to see", supply the semantic anchors for prevision. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word prevision carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "foresight or foreknowledge of the future". English derivatives include previsional and previsionary; related English forms include vision, visionary, and provision. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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