Definition of prescient Prescient

/pɹɛˈsiʌnt/ - [preseeunt] - pre•sci•ent

We found 5 definitions of prescient from 5 different sources.

What does prescient mean?

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Adjective

prescient, prescienter, prescientest

prescient - perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere

discerning having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"

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Wiktionary

prescient (Adjective)
Having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

prescient (a.)
Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

prescient
Having or showing prescience.

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prescient, adjective, not comparable.

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