Definition: (noun) Knowledge of an event before it occurs.
Synonyms: foreknowledge.
Usage: Many envied Maya's ability to know the future, but she considered her precognition a burden and a curse.
Discuss
precognition
More Stories Like These
In Today's Word
installment
Definition: (noun) A part of a broadcast serial. Synonyms: episode. Usage: The latest installment of my favorite television …
In Today's Word
zoanthropy
noun: The delusion that one is a beast.
In Today's Word
redoubt
Definition: (noun) A small, often temporary defensive fortification. Synonyms: sconce. Usage: Great mounds had been heaped about the …
In Today's Word
agathism
noun: The doctrine that, in the end, all things tend toward good.
In Today's Word
draggletailed
adjective: Dirty or untidy.
In Today's Word
vandal
noun: One who willfully damages another’s property.
In Today's Word
Godwin’s law
noun: The idea that as a debate progresses, it becomes inevitable that someone would compare another to Hitler …
In Today's Word
Bigfoot
noun: A prominent person in a commanding position, especially a journalist. verb tr.: To dominate or to take …
In Today's Word
sough
verb intr.: To make a moaning, sighing, whistling, murmuring, or rustling sound. noun: 1. Such a sound. 2. …
In Today's Word
handfast
noun: A contract or agreement, especially about a betrothal or marriage. verb tr.: To engage to be married …