FORESIGHTS Synonyms

• an expectation

• something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

• anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• perception of that which is obscure

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

• providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

• seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

• clear or deep perception of a situation

• a feeling of understanding

• the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

• grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

• the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

• a way of conceiving something

• the process of perceiving

• knowledge gained by perceiving

• becoming aware of something via the senses

• discretion in practical affairs

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• a vivid mental image

• the ability to see; the visual faculty

• the perceptual experience of seeing

• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

• a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

• accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

• an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

• the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

• ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

• the quality of being prudent and sensible

• apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

• a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45

• abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects

• seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

• knowledge of an event before it occurs

• providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

• providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

• a prophetic vision (as in a dream)

• the power to foresee the future

• seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

• knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing