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DictionaryRoot: -io
Latin

-io

an action, process, or result

Forms

  • -io
  • -ion- — The longer form used before Latin endings.
  • -ion — The form carried into many English nouns.

Origin

An old Latin noun ending, inherited from earlier Indo-European word formation.

Note

The ending can name both an activity and what that activity produces.

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noun

precognition

pree-kahg-NISH-un/ˌpriːkɑːɡˈnɪʃn/

Supposed knowledge of events before they happen.

She interprets a dream that later comes true as precognition.

Person dreams of a red cup breaking; separate later vignette cup falls, clearly imagined premonition.
Etymology
preLatinbefore, in front of
+cognLatincome to know or recognize
+itionLatinan action, process, or result

The pieces express knowing beforehand. In this sense, that advance knowledge is a supposed awareness of events that have not yet happened.

In context

KAI Manhwa Recap320:25
Hongye had precognition, which meant she had seen certain things earlier than anyone present.
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More examples

  • The experiment tests claims of precognition using randomly selected images.
  • He attributes her accurate guess to coincidence, not precognition.
  • In the novel, precognition allows a child to foresee an accident.

Forms

precognition

precognitive adjective — Involving supposed knowledge of future events.

Similar words

foreknowledge
Knowledge beforehand, without necessarily implying a paranormal ability.
premonition
A feeling that something will happen, often something bad.
prediction
A statement about future events, often based on evidence.