What does foreknowable mean?
Foreknowable means That may be known in advance..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
That may be known in advance..
1911, J. A. Smith (translator), Aristotle (original), Nicomachean Ethics, "Introduction"
And ſuch are the Actions of all thoſe that are deeply lapſed into Corruption, and of thoſe fevv that are grovvn to a more Heroicall ſtate of Goodneſs: It is certainly foreknovvable vvhat they vvill do in ſuch and ſuch circumſtances.
Use foreknowable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Foreknowable means That may be known in advance..
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Possible antonyms include unforeknowable.
1911, J. A. Smith (translator), Aristotle (original), Nicomachean Ethics, "Introduction"
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