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- [fawr-noh, fohr-]
- /fɔrˈnoʊ, foʊr-/
- /fɔːˈnəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr-noh, fohr-]
- /fɔrˈnoʊ, foʊr-/
Definitions of foreknow word
- verb with object foreknow to know beforehand. 1
- noun foreknow Be aware of (an event) before it happens. 1
- verb foreknow to know in advance 0
- verb transitive foreknow to know beforehand 0
- verb foreknow To have knowledge of beforehand. 0
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Origin of foreknow
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, foreknow is from the late Middle English word foreknowen. See fore-, know1
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Parts of speech for Foreknow
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
foreknow popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
foreknow usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for foreknow
verb foreknow
- visualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- deduce — If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true.
- foretell — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
Antonyms for foreknow
verb foreknow
- measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
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