n. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.
n. Anticipation.
n. Provident care; prudence.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.
n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A thinking beforehand; previous consideration; premeditation.
n. Provident care; prudence.
n.Synonyms Foresight, precaution, forecast.
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n. planning or plotting in advance of acting
n. judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
Word Usage
"For neither in this chapter nor anywhere in Christ's teaching is there one word against what we call forethought, and they who would find in the words of Jesus any encouragement to thriftlessness are but misrepresenting Him and deceiving themselves."