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prescience

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pre·science  (prshns, --ns, prshns, -sh-ns)
n.
Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.
prescience [ˈprɛsɪəns]
n
knowledge of events before they take place; foreknowledge
[from Latin praescīre to foreknow, from prae before + scīre to know]
prescient  adj
presciently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.prescience - the power to foresee the future
prevision
mental ability, capacity - the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
prescience
noun (Formal) foresight, clairvoyance, precognition, second sight, foreknowledge, prevision (rare) his prescience in forecasting the dreadful effects of nuclear weapons
Translations
prescience [ˈpresɪəns] N → clarividencia f
prescience [ˈprɛsiəns] n → prescience f
prescience
n → vorheriges Wissen, vorherige Kenntnis, Vorherwissen nt
prescience [ˈprɛsɪəns] n (frm) → preveggenza
prescience [ˈprɛsɪəns] n (frm) → preveggenza


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Smith, when I next came into the country, would be that Barton cottage was taken: and I felt an immediate satisfaction and interest in the event, which nothing but a kind of prescience of what happiness I should experience from it, can account for.
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