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foreknowingly

/fˈɔɹnˌoʊɪŋli/ adv

With foreknowledge; knowing beforehand.

Word Origin From Old English fore 'before' and cnawan 'to know' — to foreknow is to know beforehand. Foreknowingly means with prior knowledge. The same root cnawan gives us know, knowledge, acknowledge, and even can (to be able, originally to know how), cunning (knowing), and ken (to know). The PIE root *gno- meant 'to know,' and also gives us cognition, recognize, ignore, diagnosis.

adv With foreknowledge; knowing beforehand.

The prophet spoke foreknowingly about events that would unfold decades later.

(副词) 预先知晓地；事先知道地

这位先知预知地讲述了数十年后将会发生的事件。

(adverbio) Con conocimiento previo; sabiendo de antemano.

El profeta habló con presciencia sobre eventos que ocurrirían décadas después.

(adverbe) avec prescience; en connaissance de cause; par avance; en sachant d'avance [Avec prescience ; en sachant d'avance ce qui va se produire.]

Le prophète a parlé foreknowingly d'événements qui se dérouleraient des décennies plus tard.

(Adverb) vorauswissend; vorherwissend [Mit Vorwissen; im Voraus wissend.]

Der Prophet sprach **foreknowingly** über Ereignisse, die sich Jahrzehnte später ereignen sollten.

(副詞) 予知して；前もって知ったうえで。

預言者は、何十年も先に起こる出来事をあらかじめ知っていたかのように語った。

(advérbio) com presciência; sabendo de antemão; com conhecimento prévio [Com presciência; sabendo de antemão.]

O profeta falou com presciência sobre eventos que se desdobrariam décadas depois.

Synonyms: presciently foreseeingly prophetically anticipatorily with foreknowledge with prescience knowing beforehand in foresight Antonyms: unknowingly unwittingly ignorantly inadvertently
Word parts: fore + know + ing + ly

Related words

knowingly foreknowledge knowledge knowledgeable acknowledge unknown knowable knower

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