According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
PREVISION
prediction, anticipation, prevision
(noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
prevision
(noun) a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
(noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
prescience, prevision
(noun) the power to foresee the future
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prevision (countable and uncountable, plural previsions)
Advance knowledge; foresight.
A prediction.
Verb
prevision (third-person singular simple present previsions, present participle previsioning, simple past and past participle previsioned)
To predict or envision the future.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*vi"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prévision.]
Definition: Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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