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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREKNOW

foreknow  [fɔːˈnəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREKNOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreknow is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb foreknow in English.

WHAT DOES FOREKNOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foreknow in the English dictionary

The definition of foreknow in the dictionary is to know in advance.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOREKNOW

PRESENT

Present
I foreknow
you foreknow
he/she/it foreknows
we foreknow
you foreknow
they foreknow
Present continuous
I am foreknowing
you are foreknowing
he/she/it is foreknowing
we are foreknowing
you are foreknowing
they are foreknowing
Present perfect
I have foreknowed
you have foreknowed
he/she/it has foreknowed
we have foreknowed
you have foreknowed
they have foreknowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been foreknowing
you have been foreknowing
he/she/it has been foreknowing
we have been foreknowing
you have been foreknowing
they have been foreknowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I foreknowed
you foreknowed
he/she/it foreknowed
we foreknowed
you foreknowed
they foreknowed
Past continuous
I was foreknowing
you were foreknowing
he/she/it was foreknowing
we were foreknowing
you were foreknowing
they were foreknowing
Past perfect
I had foreknowed
you had foreknowed
he/she/it had foreknowed
we had foreknowed
you had foreknowed
they had foreknowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been foreknowing
you had been foreknowing
he/she/it had been foreknowing
we had been foreknowing
you had been foreknowing
they had been foreknowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will foreknow
you will foreknow
he/she/it will foreknow
we will foreknow
you will foreknow
they will foreknow
Future continuous
I will be foreknowing
you will be foreknowing
he/she/it will be foreknowing
we will be foreknowing
you will be foreknowing
they will be foreknowing
Future perfect
I will have foreknowed
you will have foreknowed
he/she/it will have foreknowed
we will have foreknowed
you will have foreknowed
they will have foreknowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been foreknowing
you will have been foreknowing
he/she/it will have been foreknowing
we will have been foreknowing
you will have been foreknowing
they will have been foreknowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would foreknow
you would foreknow
he/she/it would foreknow
we would foreknow
you would foreknow
they would foreknow
Conditional continuous
I would be foreknowing
you would be foreknowing
he/she/it would be foreknowing
we would be foreknowing
you would be foreknowing
they would be foreknowing
Conditional perfect
I would have foreknow
you would have foreknow
he/she/it would have foreknow
we would have foreknow
you would have foreknow
they would have foreknow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been foreknowing
you would have been foreknowing
he/she/it would have been foreknowing
we would have been foreknowing
you would have been foreknowing
they would have been foreknowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you foreknow
we let´s foreknow
you foreknow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to foreknow
Past participle
foreknowed
Present Participle
foreknowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREKNOW


acknow
ækˈnəʊ
bambino
bæmˈbiːnəʊ
Bruno
ˈbruːnəʊ
casino
kəˈsiːnəʊ
dunno
dʌˈnəʊ
Filipino
ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnəʊ
fino
ˈfiːnəʊ
kino
ˈkiːnəʊ
know
nəʊ
Latino
læˈtiːnəʊ
mano
ˈmɑːnəʊ
meno
ˈmɛnəʊ
misknow
ˌmɪsˈnəʊ
mono
ˈmɒnəʊ
need-to-know
ˌniːdtəˈnəʊ
no
nəʊ
piano
pɪˈænəʊ
porno
ˈpɔːnəʊ
snow
snəʊ
techno
ˈtɛknəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREKNOW

foreign-owned
foreigner
foreignism
foreignly
foreignness
forejudge
forejudgement
forejudgment
foreking
foreknew
foreknowable
foreknowingly
foreknowledge
foreknown
forel
forelady
foreland
foreleg
forelie
forelift

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREKNOW

anow
carbon dioxide snow
Curnow
don´t know
for now
glory-of-the-snow
gnow
hard-packed snow
here and now
in the know
just now
Lucknow
minnow
now
now-now
powder snow
spring snow
winnow
you know
you never know

Synonyms and antonyms of foreknow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreknow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREKNOW

Find out the translation of foreknow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreknow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreknow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预知
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foreknow
570 millions of speakers

English

foreknow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foreknow
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

foreknow
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предузнал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antemão conheceu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বেই জানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

connus d´avance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terdahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ersehen hat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

foreknow
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foreknow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biết trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னறிந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अगोदरच जाणून घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önceden bilmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preconosciuti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejrzał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передбачив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cunoscut mai dinainte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

foreknow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Fore
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forut kjente
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreknow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREKNOW»

The term «foreknow» is normally little used and occupies the 133.457 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREKNOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foreknow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foreknow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreknow

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREKNOW»

Discover the use of foreknow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreknow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Much Does God Foreknow?: A Comprehensive Biblical Study
Features in-depth studies on a vast array of key passages in both the Old and the New Testaments that relate to God's foreknowledge and responds to current debates on this issue, drawing out implications of biblical teaching for the ...
Steven C. Roy, 2006
2
Theological quarterly
"For whom He did foreknow lie also did predestinate." To understand "foreknow" in its primary sense, "to know beforehand," is too trivial to require an extended refutation. God is omniscient; He knows all mankind beforehand ; hence, according ...
‎1917
3
The Proof Texts of the Catechism with a Practical Commentary
What, then, does the clause "whom He did foreknow" mean? Does it mean: whom God did foreknow would believe? Impossible! Plainly that would be an addition to the words of Scripture, an interpolation, an alteration of the text. Instead of ...
Augustus Lawrence Gräbner, William Herman Theodore Dau, Louis Wessel, 1920
4
Sermons on Various Subjects, Delivered on Various Occasions
But if we could be persuaded to drop John Calvin, and take the Apostle Paul for our expositor, and ask him the momentous question, he would give us a satisfactory answer in the language of our text : " For whom he did foreknow, he also did ...
Ira L. Potter, 1858
5
Christian salvation: its doctrine and experience
If he is infinite and perfect, he must foreknow all things ; he must foreknow all men as sinful and immoral ; and in the light of that knowledge he must foreknow his own mind and intentions concerning them ; he must foreknow how unable they ...
Robert Alexander Webb, 1921
6
Lectures on the Moral Government of God
meant that it is inconceivable that God should foreknow that an event will take place which he has not purposed shall take place, or which is contrary to his purpose, allowing the possibility of such an event, I cannot admit it. Eor since events ...
Nathaniel Taylor, 2009
7
Freedom of the Will
If God does not foreknow the Volitions of moral Agents, then he did not foreknow the fall of man, nor of angels, and so could not foreknow the great things which are consequent on these events; such as his sending his Son into the world to die ...
Jonathan Edwards, Paul Ramsey, 1957
8
The Idea of God and the Reality of Evil
If God could not foreknow that Father Damien would freely give his life in the service of lepers, or that many Nazis would freely participate in the slaughter of innocent Jews, he could not foreknow that Father Damien's voluntary self- sacrifice ...
R. W. K. Paterson, 2010
9
The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 2: Revised ...
1:20. The second verb, which means more literally “foresee,” is clearly used in the sense of “provide” (Heb. 11:40). The interest of this passage is to show that a term closely corresponding to “foreknow” and, like foreknow, one that may express ...
Merrill C. Tenney, 2010
10
The City of God
For we do not put the life of God or the foreknowledge of God under necessity if we should say that it is necessary that God should live forever, and foreknow all things; as neither is His power diminished when we say that He cannot die or fall  ...
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Marcus Dods, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREKNOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreknow is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New Elkhorn Investments ETF Targeting Capex - ETF News And …
However, investors should note that Elkhorn Investments is not the only issuer aiming this area, foreknow issuer iShares has also filed such a ... «Nasdaq, Jun 15»
2
New Elkhorn Investments ETF Targeting Capex
However, investors should note that Elkhorn Investments is not the only issuer aiming this area, foreknow issuer iShares has also filed such a ... «Zacks.com, Jun 15»
3
India rejects US report on persecution
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many ... «Mission Network News, May 15»
4
288 Years Ago Today, The Great Mathematician And Natural …
He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old Testaments, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they ... «Western Journalism, Mar 15»
5
Blessed are those who have not seen, yet have believed
What did he foreknow? What did he know of the root of this 'never?' What is the root of 'never' and how does 'never' relate to 'forever,' or that ... «FinalCall.com News, Jan 15»
6
Being about your Father's business for 2015
For whom I did foreknow, I also predestinated to be conformed to the Image of My Son (Romans 8:29). It is the Blood that transforms and ... «Examiner.com, Dec 14»
7
5 Silliest Religious Exemptions Cases in 2014
... or something worse, to say that he scientific principles by the aid of which man is enabled to calculate and foreknow when an eclipse will take ... «Religion Dispatches, Dec 14»
8
Is Having Children Evil? Is God Wrong for Creating Humans in a …
... that God's decision to create us in a world in which He was able to foreknow that we would suffer could be immoral because of that," he said. «Christian Post, Dec 14»
9
Meditations from the Mountain: Zen in the Art of Fly-Fishing
As tried and true fishermen say, “The fish are biting today,” sometimes processes that we can't see or foreknow affect the outcome just as much ... «Vanguard Dahlonega, Dec 14»
10
Choosing A Responsible President
Presidents use constantly-generated polling and focus group data in an attempt to foreknow which policies and events to claim and which to ... «The Federalist, Nov 14»

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