<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.</li><li>the act or power of foreseeing; prevision; prescience.</li><li>an act of looking forward.</li><li>knowledge or insight gained by or as by looking forward; a view of the future.</li><li>Synonyms: foreknowledge.</li><li>Surveying. a sight or reading taken on a forward point.</li><li>(in leveling) a rod reading on a point the elevation of which is to be determined.</li></ul>