prescience

[ presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns ]
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noun
  1. knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.

Origin of prescience

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia “foreknowledge”; equivalent to pre- + science

Other words from prescience

  • prescient, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for prescience

prescience

/ (ˈprɛsɪəns) /


noun
  1. knowledge of events before they take place; foreknowledge

Origin of prescience

1
C14: from Latin praescīre to foreknow, from prae before + scīre to know

Derived forms of prescience

  • prescient, adjective
  • presciently, adverb

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