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    prescience
    /ˈprɛsɪəns/

    noun

    • 1. the fact of knowing something in advance; foreknowledge: "with extraordinary prescience, Jung actually predicted the Nazi eruption"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPRESCIENCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PRESCIENCE definition: 1. the ability to know or correctly suggest what will happen in the future: 2. the ability to know…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › presciencePrescience Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PRESCIENCE is foreknowledge of events. How to use prescience in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › presciencePrescience - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    The word prescience might look like pre + science, but it really comes from the Latin word praescientia, which means "fore-knowledge" — or knowledge you know before anyone else. Don't assume it's a crystal ball kind of power that lets someone with prescience see the future.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPRESCIENCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. knowledge of events before they take place; foreknowledge. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. prescient (ˈprescient) adjective. presciently (ˈpresciently) adverb. Word origin. C14: from Latin praescīre to foreknow, from prae before + scīre to know. prescience in American English.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › presciencePrescience - definition of prescience by The Free Dictionary

    Define prescience. prescience synonyms, prescience pronunciation, prescience translation, English dictionary definition of prescience. knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foresight: He had a prescience that there would be an earthquake.

  7. www.britannica.com › dictionary › presciencePrescience Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    PRESCIENCE meaning: the ability to know what will or might happen in the future foresight.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › prescience_nprescience, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the noun prescience is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for prescience is from around 1384, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version).