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prescient

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pre·scient  (prshnt, --nt, prshnt, -sh-nt)
adj.
1. Of or relating to prescience.
2. Possessing prescience.
[French, from Old French, from Latin praescins, praescient-, present participle of praescre, to know beforehand : prae-, pre- + scre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
prescient·ly adv.
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Adj.1.prescient - perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
discerning - having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"
prescient
adjective foresighted, psychic, prophetic, divining, discerning, perceptive, clairvoyant, far-sighted, divinatory, mantic an uncannily prescient prediction
Translations
prescient [ˈpresɪənt] ADJ [person, remark] → clarividente; [dream] → profético
prescient [ˈprɛsiənt] adj [person, words, book, comment] → visionnaire
prescient [ˈprɛsɪənt] adj (frm) → preveggente
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