From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprecognitionpre‧cog‧ni‧tion /ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɪʃən $ -kɑːɡ-/ noun [uncountable] formalMPKNOW something the knowledge that something will happen before it actually does
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precognition• Both of them seem to involve precognition, predicting dramatic changes in the destiny of great men.• Word of knowledge ... precognition, automatic writing, mediums.• A flash of precognition told him that the box would be able to swim faster than he could. 