Forethought

Noun

 * 1) Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.
 * With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.
 * 1) Anticipation.
 * 2) Provident care; prudence.

Adjectives for Forethought
divine; anxious; endless; deliberate.

Verbs for Forethought
commend—; decide with—; discipline to—; employ—; exercise—; exhibit—; indulge in —; mark by—; necessitate—; note for—; praise—; provide—; save by—; submit to —; urge—; —assures; —determines; —enables; —impedes; —influences; —obviates; —overcomes; —prepares; —reaps.

Thesaurus
TLC, aforethought, anticipation, approach, arrangement, attack, attention, blueprint, blueprinting, calculatedness, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, charting, circumspection, circumspectness, conception, concern, consideration, contrivance, deliberateness, deliberation, design, device, discreetness, discretion, disposition, enterprise, envisagement, express intention, expressness, figuring, forearming, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethoughtfulness, game, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, gumption, heed, heedfulness, idea, insurance, intention, intentionality, judgment, layout, lineup, long-range plan, loving care, mapping, master plan, measures, method, methodology, mindfulness, operations research, organization, plan, planning, planning function, plotting, prearrangement, precaution, precautions, precautiousness, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, premeditation, preparedness, preresolution, preventive measure, procedure, program, program of action, protection, providence, provision, rationalization, regard, regardfulness, safeguard, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, sense, setup, solicitude, steps, steps and measures, strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, tender loving care, the big picture, the picture, thoughtfulness, way, working plan

Etymology
From forethouht:, forethoght:, from  *foreþoht:, equivalent to. Compare also.