Definition of prescient in English:

prescient

adjective ˈprɛsɪəntˈprɛʃ(i)ənt

Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
预知的；有预知能力的；有先见之明的
a prescient warning
有先见之明的警告。
Example sentencesExamples
- His study of America amply confirmed this prescient intuition and made him the first anthropologist of modern equality.
- Although no-one has ever followed through on its promises, Radio Ethiopia still sounds astonishingly prescient.
- Read it, then come back and re-read this prescient post from last November.
- It makes no mention at all of White's passionate and prescient warnings.
- It was a prescient point: 10 years on we got the Battle of Seattle.
- He came to the fore with a thundering and prescient prediction of the break-up of Britain, coinciding with the Silver Jubilee.
- This was an astonishingly prescient insight into what was actually to occur in the Russian Revolution.
- It's a little bit scary being such a gifted, prescient individual.
- But as I read on, it became apparent that the novel was so prescient it became unnerving.
- This reveals a prescient insight into the mindset which fuels Connery's anger.
- A beautiful and talented actress, Dorrie ends up in a psychiatric ward, a narrative which seems extraordinarily prescient.
- This proved to be a prescient warning in the case of his son John.
- We take no pleasure in that, and we had to endure some criticism for making such claims, but the warnings proved prescient.
- A few months later, I recall rereading it and finding it scary and prescient.
- He was even, by the way, prescient about the meltdown of the Soviet Union.
- Fitzgerald's prediction is as meaningful today as it was prescient in 1924.
- He proved prescient in his argument that efforts to help the Third World by avalanches of aid would only ruin local markets and nourish corruption.
- His last post before the incident is scarily prescient.
- Orwell's attacks on pacifism now seem remarkably prescient.
- That prediction looks even more prescient since the surge in oil prices.
Synonyms
prophetic, predictive, visionary
psychic, clairvoyant
far-seeing, far-sighted, with foresight, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory
insightful, intuitive, perceptive, percipient
rare foreknowing, previsional, vatic, mantic, vaticinal, vaticinatory, prognosticative, augural, adumbrative, fatidic, fatidical, haruspical, pythonic

Derivatives

presciently

adverb ˈprɛsɪəntliˈprɛʃ(i)əntli

Disaster, states Martin O'Neill, perhaps presciently, is always lurking round the corner in this funny old game.
Example sentencesExamples
- But he adds, presciently: ‘I have a strange feeling that all this is important.’
- They understand that this president, or any president, will not always judge future events presciently or execute policy flawlessly.
- Herman Melville presciently predicts the role of the media in modern Australian political life.
- Both aims are a fantasy strongly reminiscent of the interwar idealism that Carr so effectively and presciently criticized.
- The start was the high point, but the speech did a number of smart things, as one of Clinton's speechwriters presciently described a few days ago.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin praescient- 'knowing beforehand', from the verb praescire, from prae 'before' + scire 'know'.

Rhymes

nescient

Definition of prescient in US English:

prescient

adjectiveˈprɛʃ(i)əntˈpreSH(ē)ənt

Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
预知的；有预知能力的；有先见之明的
a prescient warning
有先见之明的警告。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a prescient point: 10 years on we got the Battle of Seattle.
- Fitzgerald's prediction is as meaningful today as it was prescient in 1924.
- Although no-one has ever followed through on its promises, Radio Ethiopia still sounds astonishingly prescient.
- This was an astonishingly prescient insight into what was actually to occur in the Russian Revolution.
- Orwell's attacks on pacifism now seem remarkably prescient.
- His study of America amply confirmed this prescient intuition and made him the first anthropologist of modern equality.
- Read it, then come back and re-read this prescient post from last November.
- It's a little bit scary being such a gifted, prescient individual.
- He proved prescient in his argument that efforts to help the Third World by avalanches of aid would only ruin local markets and nourish corruption.
- This proved to be a prescient warning in the case of his son John.
- But as I read on, it became apparent that the novel was so prescient it became unnerving.
- This reveals a prescient insight into the mindset which fuels Connery's anger.
- It makes no mention at all of White's passionate and prescient warnings.
- We take no pleasure in that, and we had to endure some criticism for making such claims, but the warnings proved prescient.
- His last post before the incident is scarily prescient.
- That prediction looks even more prescient since the surge in oil prices.
- A beautiful and talented actress, Dorrie ends up in a psychiatric ward, a narrative which seems extraordinarily prescient.
- He came to the fore with a thundering and prescient prediction of the break-up of Britain, coinciding with the Silver Jubilee.
- A few months later, I recall rereading it and finding it scary and prescient.
- He was even, by the way, prescient about the meltdown of the Soviet Union.
Synonyms
prophetic, predictive, visionary

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin praescient- ‘knowing beforehand’, from the verb praescire, from prae ‘before’ + scire ‘know’.

单词	prescient
释义	Definition of prescient in English: prescient adjective ˈprɛsɪəntˈprɛʃ(i)ənt Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place. 预知的；有预知能力的；有先见之明的 a prescient warning 有先见之明的警告。 Example sentencesExamples His study of America amply confirmed this prescient intuition and made him the first anthropologist of modern equality. Although no-one has ever followed through on its promises, Radio Ethiopia still sounds astonishingly prescient. Read it, then come back and re-read this prescient post from last November. It makes no mention at all of White's passionate and prescient warnings. It was a prescient point: 10 years on we got the Battle of Seattle. He came to the fore with a thundering and prescient prediction of the break-up of Britain, coinciding with the Silver Jubilee. This was an astonishingly prescient insight into what was actually to occur in the Russian Revolution. It's a little bit scary being such a gifted, prescient individual. But as I read on, it became apparent that the novel was so prescient it became unnerving. This reveals a prescient insight into the mindset which fuels Connery's anger. A beautiful and talented actress, Dorrie ends up in a psychiatric ward, a narrative which seems extraordinarily prescient. This proved to be a prescient warning in the case of his son John. We take no pleasure in that, and we had to endure some criticism for making such claims, but the warnings proved prescient. A few months later, I recall rereading it and finding it scary and prescient. He was even, by the way, prescient about the meltdown of the Soviet Union. Fitzgerald's prediction is as meaningful today as it was prescient in 1924. He proved prescient in his argument that efforts to help the Third World by avalanches of aid would only ruin local markets and nourish corruption. His last post before the incident is scarily prescient. Orwell's attacks on pacifism now seem remarkably prescient. That prediction looks even more prescient since the surge in oil prices. Synonyms prophetic, predictive, visionary psychic, clairvoyant far-seeing, far-sighted, with foresight, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory insightful, intuitive, perceptive, percipient rare foreknowing, previsional, vatic, mantic, vaticinal, vaticinatory, prognosticative, augural, adumbrative, fatidic, fatidical, haruspical, pythonic Derivatives presciently adverb ˈprɛsɪəntliˈprɛʃ(i)əntli Disaster, states Martin O'Neill, perhaps presciently, is always lurking round the corner in this funny old game. Example sentencesExamples But he adds, presciently: ‘I have a strange feeling that all this is important.’ They understand that this president, or any president, will not always judge future events presciently or execute policy flawlessly. Herman Melville presciently predicts the role of the media in modern Australian political life. Both aims are a fantasy strongly reminiscent of the interwar idealism that Carr so effectively and presciently criticized. The start was the high point, but the speech did a number of smart things, as one of Clinton's speechwriters presciently described a few days ago. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin praescient- 'knowing beforehand', from the verb praescire, from prae 'before' + scire 'know'. Rhymes nescient Definition of prescient in US English: prescient adjectiveˈprɛʃ(i)əntˈpreSH(ē)ənt Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place. 预知的；有预知能力的；有先见之明的 a prescient warning 有先见之明的警告。 Example sentencesExamples It was a prescient point: 10 years on we got the Battle of Seattle. Fitzgerald's prediction is as meaningful today as it was prescient in 1924. Although no-one has ever followed through on its promises, Radio Ethiopia still sounds astonishingly prescient. This was an astonishingly prescient insight into what was actually to occur in the Russian Revolution. Orwell's attacks on pacifism now seem remarkably prescient. His study of America amply confirmed this prescient intuition and made him the first anthropologist of modern equality. Read it, then come back and re-read this prescient post from last November. It's a little bit scary being such a gifted, prescient individual. He proved prescient in his argument that efforts to help the Third World by avalanches of aid would only ruin local markets and nourish corruption. This proved to be a prescient warning in the case of his son John. But as I read on, it became apparent that the novel was so prescient it became unnerving. This reveals a prescient insight into the mindset which fuels Connery's anger. It makes no mention at all of White's passionate and prescient warnings. We take no pleasure in that, and we had to endure some criticism for making such claims, but the warnings proved prescient. His last post before the incident is scarily prescient. That prediction looks even more prescient since the surge in oil prices. A beautiful and talented actress, Dorrie ends up in a psychiatric ward, a narrative which seems extraordinarily prescient. He came to the fore with a thundering and prescient prediction of the break-up of Britain, coinciding with the Silver Jubilee. A few months later, I recall rereading it and finding it scary and prescient. He was even, by the way, prescient about the meltdown of the Soviet Union. Synonyms prophetic, predictive, visionary Origin Early 17th century: from Latin praescient- ‘knowing beforehand’, from the verb praescire, from prae ‘before’ + scire ‘know’.
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