prever — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- expect verb To believe that something will happen.
- forecast verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
- foresee verb To know or realize something will happen before it does.
- foretell verb To predict or announce something before it happens.
- predict verb To say what will happen in the future, based on knowledge, evidence, or reasoning.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
Senses
prever is used for these senses in English:
- anticipate (transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
- forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
- foresee (obsolete) To provide.
- foretell (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
- predict (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
- scry To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
- spell (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun. [from 19th c.]
anticipate — full definition
- verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.
expect — full definition
- verb To believe that something will happen.
- verb To regard something as required or owed.
- verb To be pregnant.
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