foreknowledge
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.29 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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; […]"
- "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 forward into the depths of the pit and the fury of the tempest; for we know not what evils await us. No kind foreknowledge gives us even the choice of avoidance."
- "But two bottles would alarm and confuse him, would lead to a conversation, so I smashed it merrily into a skip, buzzed and lit with the comforting foreknowledge of the second one on its way."