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prescience

Do you already know what happens tomorrow? Next week? Next year? If you can see into the future, then you have prescience.

The word prescience might look like pre + science, but it really comes from the Latin word praescientia, which means "fore-knowledge" — or knowledge you know before anyone else. Don't assume it's a crystal ball kind of power that lets someone with prescience see the future. It's more like a state of mind or level of expertise that allows for excellent foresight and planning.

DEFINITIONS OF: prescience

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n the power to foresee the future

Synonyms:
prevision
Type of:
capacity, mental ability
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
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