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prescience

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prescience /ˈprɛʃijəns/ Brit /ˈprɛsiəns/ noun
prescience
/ˈprɛʃijəns/ Brit /ˈprɛsiəns/
noun
Learner's definition of PRESCIENCE
[noncount] formal
: the ability to know what will or might happen in the future : foresight预知能力;先见
BNC: 35502 COCA: 30257

prescience

noun

pre·​science ˈpre-sh(ē-)ən(t)s How to pronounce prescience (audio)
ˈprē-,
-s(ē-)ən(t)s
: foreknowledge of events:
a
: divine omniscience
b
: human anticipation of the course of events : foresight
prescient
ˈpre-sh(ē-)ənt How to pronounce prescience (audio)
ˈprē-
-s(ē-)ənt
adjective
presciently adverb

Did you know?

If you know the origin of science you already know half the story of prescience. Science comes from the Latin verb sciō, scīre, "to know," also source of such words as conscience, conscious, and omniscience. Prescience has as its ancestor a word that attached prae-, a predecessor of pre-, to this root to make praescire, meaning "to know beforehand."

Example Sentences

He predicted their response with amazing prescience. Her prescience as an investor is impressive.
Recent Examples on the Web In McClain’s reported guide to parenting Black children, her prescience stands out. Taylor Harris, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2022 Those who read it now for the first time will no doubt marvel at the author’s prescience and his seeming foreknowledge of global events surrounding Russia, Ukraine and the geopolitics of oil and natural gas. David Blackmon, Forbes, 12 June 2022 Seventy-five years later, those warnings have gained a new prescience. Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 27 May 2022 Especially at the end of the second episode, Apatow and Bonfiglio concentrate on Carlin’s prescience without delving all that deeply into his subsequent appropriation by both sides of the political spectrum. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022 The prospect of the overturn of Roe v. Wade has sparked observations about the book's prescience and relevance to modern events. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 May 2022 Many others have belatedly accepted the prescience of those warnings. John Harwood, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022 But the prescience of his warning in Tbilisi remains unquestionable. Adam O’neal, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 Though the teaser looks chillingly familiar 18 months into a real-life pandemic, the series began filming before COVID-19 turned the world upside-down, underscoring the story's eerie prescience. Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia, from Latin praescient-, praesciens, present participle of praescire to know beforehand, from prae- + scire to know — more at science

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prescience was in the 14th century
BNC: 35502 COCA: 30257

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