forethought

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration.

   With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.

2. noun Anticipation.
3. noun Provident care; prudence.
4. adjective Thought of, or planned, beforehand.
5. verb simple past and past participle of forethink

Similar words

precaution caution care anticipation foresight prediction forecast forecasting provident contingency

Often followed by

and of to in or for is on that

Word family

forethoughts