prescient (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *prescient*:
ADJECTIVE	all	prescient	perceiving the significance of events before they occur

prescient > pronunciation
Sounds	preh'siyahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *prescient*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	perceiving the significance of events before they occur.
Example	"extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
Broader	discerning	Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
Spanish	presciente, previsor
Nouns	prescience	the power to foresee the future
Adverbs	presciently	with foresight

HyperDic: prescient