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precognition

/pree-kog-nish-uhn/US // ˌpri kɒgˈnɪʃ ən //UK // (ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɪʃən) //

预知能力,预知性,预知,早知

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
    • : Scots Law. the examination of witnesses and other parties before a trial in order to supply a legal ground for prosecution.the evidence established in such an examination.

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Examples

  • In the meantime, Beagle's precognition was still proceedin; and Gilbert Walker and his dochter wouldna, it was said, relent.

  • Let us speak of it no more; you will receive notice when, where, and by whom, we are to take your precognition.

  • Perhaps some of the life forms even developed precognition like the human quakemen.

  • It's direct proof of precognition, and because of the prominence of the event, everybody will hear about it.

  • The sheriff immediately set about taking a precognition, for which he had been, by Geordie, previously prepared.