prescience

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(prĕsh'əns, -ē-əns, prē'shəns, -shē-əns) pronunciation
n.
Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.


Fowler's Modern English Usage:

prescience, prescient

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The usual pronunciations are pres-i-ǝns and pres-i-ǝnt, with the first and second syllables both short.

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noun

    Unusual or creative discernment or perception: farsightedness, foresight, vision. See foresight.

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Prescience

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forudseenhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorgevoel, inzicht in de toekomst, wijsheid

Français (French)
n. - pré-science

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorausschau

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πρόγνωση

Italiano (Italian)
prescienza, preveggenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - presciência (f)

Русский (Russian)
предвидение

Español (Spanish)
n. - presciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förmåga att förutse, vetskap på förhand

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
预知, 先见

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預知, 先見

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예지, 선견

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予知, 先見

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بصيرة, معرفه سابقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ראיית הנולד‬


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