(n.) Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

announce antecede antedate anticipation apprehend approach avert await bar be before be destined be early be fated be imminent be to be be to come come come before come on contemplate count on debar deflect deter discourage dishearten divine draw near draw on dread envisage envision estop exclude expect expectation face fend fend off forbid forecast foreclose foreglimpse foreknow forerun foresee forestall foretaste foretell get ahead of go before go off half-cocked have in mind help herald hope intercept jump the gun keep from keep off lie ahead look ahead look beyond look for look forward to look out for loom near nullify obviate plan plot precede preclude precurse predate predict preexist prepare for presage presume prevent prevision proclaim prohibit project prophesy reckon on repel rule out save see see ahead see beforehand stave off take for granted think threaten turn aside usher in visualize ward off win the start