adjective
- capable of being known or perceived in advance; able to be foreknown
Usage: formal; philosophical; rare in everyday usage
Examples
- The philosopher argued that future events are foreknowable only if determinism is true.
- Some theologians debate whether God's foreknowledge requires that all future actions be foreknowable.
- The scientist questioned whether quantum events are truly foreknowable or inherently random.
- If the outcome were foreknowable, the experiment would lose its scientific value.
- The debate centered on whether human choices are foreknowable or genuinely free.