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prescient

/ˈpɹɛʃ(i)ənt/

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What does prescient mean?

adjective

  1. Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɹɛʃ(i)ənt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpɹiːʃ(i)ənt//ˈpɹɛsiənt/
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It is a thing not uncommonly happening to the whale-boats in those swarming seas; the sharks at times apparently following them in the same prescient way that vultures hover over the banners of marching regiments in the east.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701