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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

  1. verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
  2. verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.

expect — full definition

  1. verb To believe that something will happen.
  2. verb To regard something as required or owed.
  3. verb To be pregnant.

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