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单词 prescience
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Definition of prescience in English:

prescience

noun ˈprɛsɪəns
mass noun
  • The fact of knowing something in advance; foreknowledge.

    with extraordinary prescience, Jung actually predicted the Nazi eruption
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the stark prescience of the imagery must make us shiver.
    • ‘Unbelievable,’ Federer said, dwelling on his prescience.
    • A rereading, however, shows that he had imagined our future with incredible prescience and was rightly appalled by the vista.
    • This book is also worth re-reading because of Card's prescience in anticipating the Internet's role in political debate.
    • Some of them have occurred exactly as predicted, and stand as proof of my prescience and insight.
    Synonyms
    far-sightedness, foresight, foreknowledge
    psychic powers, clairvoyance
    prediction, prognostication, divination, prophesy, augury
    insight, vision, intuition, perception, percipience
    Hinduism &amp Buddhism third eye
    rare vaticination, haruspication, pythonism, prevision, psychism, adumbration

Definition of prescience in US English:

prescience

noun
  • The fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge.

    with extraordinary prescience, Jung actually predicted the Nazi eruption
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some of them have occurred exactly as predicted, and stand as proof of my prescience and insight.
    • A rereading, however, shows that he had imagined our future with incredible prescience and was rightly appalled by the vista.
    • And the stark prescience of the imagery must make us shiver.
    • This book is also worth re-reading because of Card's prescience in anticipating the Internet's role in political debate.
    • ‘Unbelievable,’ Federer said, dwelling on his prescience.
    Synonyms
    far-sightedness, foresight, foreknowledge
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