prescience
Other forms: presciences
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.
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the power to foresee the future
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synonyms:
prevision
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type of:
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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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capacity, mental ability
Vocabulary lists containing prescience
Avery Grambs learns that Tobias Hawthorne, a deceased billionaire she never met, left most of his fortune to her. But in order to receive the inheritance, she has to live in Hawthorne's mansion for one year and contend with his angry family members who are out to get her.
In this classic science fiction novel, the Atreides family attempts to retain control of the planet Arrakis.
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